And just like that, the state GOP convention had adjourned its business for today – an hour and a half early. Things are going swimmingly – especially compared to the horrendous logjam that halted the party’s last confab two years ago. Before it wrapped up,…
Idaho GOP Chairman Steve Yates, in his state party report to the floor session of the state convention today, said, “From this time forward, we are beyond our primary, we are in the general election, and our opponents are Democrats. It’s very, very important that…
After Trent Clark presented the report of the credentials committee, there was a motion to approve the committee’s report – seating all 489 delegates to the state GOP convention, who hail from 43 of the 44 counties and 34 of the 35 legislative districts. There…
That was the second rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner” at the state GOP convention today; second recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, too. The first general session of the convention is opening at the Idaho Center now; the delegates are assembled on the floor,…
Ten proposed resolutions were submitted to the state GOP convention this year, and six passed the resolutions committee, on everything from opposing the Obama Administration’s guidance on bathroom arrangements for transgender students in public schools to calling for amending the Idaho Constitution to “expressly permit”...
After more than three hours of discussion and debate, challenges to three counties’ delegations to this year’s Idaho GOP state convention – Madison, Bannock and Bonneville – all were voted down in the credentials committee, meaning those delegations can be seated for business. However, there...
Gov. Butch Otter is addressing the luncheon session of the Idaho GOP state convention today, and he said Idaho is faring better than other states that have taken big economic hits due to changing oil prices. “Our economy is broad, our economy is well-diversified,” he…
An array of groups will hold a rally on the state Capitol steps at 12:30 today against sexual and domestic violence and discrimination. “There is a connection between the recent acts of violence that have made national media,” the groups said in a media advisory,…
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