Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” travels to Lewiston, to look at issues in Legislative District 6, which had two very close races in the last legislative election two years ago and has contests again this year for the same two seats. On the pundits panel, I join…
A military judge has rejected arguments that Sen. John McCain improperly swayed the prosecution of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl with negative comments about the soldier who walked off his post in Afghanistan. Defense lawyers for Bergdahl argued that McCain exerted unlawful command influence by telling a reporter in 2015 that the Senate committee...
A utility company says two crows triggered a power outage in mid-July that knocked out service to about 100,000 customers in three Western states. Rocky Mountain Power spokesman David Eskelsen tells the Post Register newspaper that an investigation shows the crows touched a capacitor bank at an Idaho substation...
Is it time to remove the four Lower Snake River dams? People across the region will have a chance to weigh in on the controversial question this fall as three federal agencies hold public hearings to discuss the creation of a new plan for saving…
I’ve had some questions from readers about HJR 5, the constitutional amendment on Idaho’s November ballot, noting that the issue is obscure and the ballot explanations complex. Here’s a simple explanation: Currently, all administrative rules issued by state agencies are reviewed by the Legislature; they…
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