Idaho’s four presidential electors have been getting harassing phone calls, emails and Facebook messages urging them to become “faithless electors” and not cast their votes for Donald Trump in the electoral college. “A lot of ‘em use bad, rough language,” said Layne Bangerter, one of...
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch say they’re standing by federal judge nominee David Nye and hoping for a confirmation vote in the lame-duck session of Congress that started today. And if it doesn’t come right away, they’ll continue to push for Nye’s nomination with the Trump Administration in 2017.
Secretary of State Lawerence Denney says he has a new appreciation for county clerks and election staff after spending two days as a poll worker in northern Idaho. "There was an incredible amount of stress at times," Denney said. "I think that helped me get a better feel for what goes on." A full report from the Associated Press.
Idaho's wine grape crop is rebounding after a small harvest in 2015. The Capital Press reports that a November 2014 freeze sharply reduced the amount of wine grapes available in 2015. This year, however, growers and vintners say the yields are 50 to 100 percent above last year's, making the harvest slightly larger than normal...
A glitch in the reporting of Franklin County’s election results in the Idaho Supreme Court race won’t change the outcome, but appears to suggest that Robyn Brody’s winning margin was larger than previously reported. The eastern Idaho county, on its county website, reports that Curt…
When Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, took the lead on crafting the state’s complex Health and Welfare budgets four years ago, there was a “very steep learning curve,” the longtime physician said. “It was like medical school.” Schmidt lost his seat in Tuesday's election, but made his mark on budgets. My Sunday column.
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