Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred is amending his campaign's disclosures to include an in-kind contribution worth $3,000 to $4,000 for work done by the Boise-based business consulting firm he joined this week as…
Idaho's state Board of Canvassers met today to certify the results of the Nov. 2 election, and here's the news: Just 58.1 percent of Idaho's registered voters cast ballots. That's the lowest turnout for a midterm election since 1978 (that year it was 56.51 percent),…
The "Interstices" blog crunched some numbers and found that the Nov. 2 election marked the lowest turnout as a percentage of Idaho's voting age population in a gubernatorial election in the past 50 years. That measure, as opposed to the percentage of registered voters who…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A big oil company has hired one of Idaho's best-known lobbyists as it tries to convince the state to allow four massive loads of refinery equipment along U.S. Highway 12. Skip Smyser registered…
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