Seven of the 35 new legislative districts approved unanimously by Idaho's bipartisan citizen redistricting commission today include more than two current House incumbents, but have just two seats - meaning if they want to remain in office, some of those incumbents would have to battle…
By the way, I'm not working today - I'm clear across the country at a family gathering back east - but I heard about the unanimous adoption of the new legislative district plan today and wanted to get the word out to you, so I'm…
Idaho's new legislative district plan, adopted unanimously today, would mean these incumbent senators would have to face off to remain in office, as they landed together in districts that have just one Senate seat: District 1: Sens. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, and Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle District…
AP reporter John Miller reports today that a tea party activist interviewed by late-night TV’s David Letterman last year has a new title: Government employee. Pam Stout is Bonner County's new $25,000-a-year, 19-hour-a-week head of the "Bonner County Property Rights Council," a new arm of…
Here's a first look at legislative district plan L-87, which was adopted on a unanimous, 6-0 vote by Idaho's bipartisan citizen redistricting commission today. Though it's a little hard to tell from the full-state map, District 1 takes in all of Boundary and much of…
Idaho's redistricting commission has unanimously adopted a new legislative district plan, L-87, that splits 11 counties and has a population deviation of less than 10 percent. The plan will be posted on the commission's website shortly. "They all drew it together," said redistricting staffer Keith…
Idaho Statesman reporter Dan Popkey reports today that Jonathan Parker, now executive director of the Idaho Republican Party, arranged a meeting between consultant Arup Patranabish and Idaho’s top purchasing official shortly after GOP Gov. Butch Otter took office in 2007, at which the consultant asked…
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