Ten days after calling Idaho voters lazy, apathetic and spineless and announcing abandonment of his third attempt to recall Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna, comedian Pete Peterson is saying, “Never mind.” After a string of five emails between…
Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, told Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George Tuesday that Americans understand that the IRS can act as prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner “in ways that can devastate individuals and families and businesses.” Crapo’s office released a…
Another layer of partisanship was introduced on Election Day with Tea Party Boise President Chad Inman’s “Urgent!!!” e-mail two hours after the polls opened Tuesday to decide three seats on the non-partisan Greater Boise Auditorium District board. Inman’s message opposes…
Speculation that the man who lost $250,000 he borrowed from Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo’s campaign was making a drug reference in naming his company is false, said businessman Gavin McCaleb on Monday. McCaleb’s Blueberry Guru LLC was loaned $250,000 by…
Former Sheriff Richard Mack will be back in Idaho in August, following up last year’s controversial appearance at the Kootenai County Republican Party Lincoln Day with a speech to the Gem State Tea Party’s 3rd “Liberty Summit” in Burley. Mack,…
Reps. Sue Chew, D-Boise, and Brandon Hixon, R-Caldwell, have been appointed to the Idaho Commission by House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley. They join Sens. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, and Roy Lacey, D-Pocatello. By law, four of the nine commissioners are legislators.…
Memorial Day weekend kicks off the tourist season in Chesterfield, founded in the 1880s by Mormon pioneers and abandoned as a settlement in the 1940s. Thank to public-private partnerships, including decades of effort by the Chesterfield Foundation and $300,000 secured in…
Sen. Mike Crapo said he’s hoping for comments on the “lack of transparency and accountability” in the Obama administration during the second of his four 2013 telephone town hall meetings Wednesday at 7 p.m. MDT. “Since the last townhall, the…
Former Idaho Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick has been hired by his former colleague Gabrielle Giffords’ to assist her effort to expand background checks on gun purchases. Minnick’s Washington, D.C., firm is Majority Group LLC, which he founded in 2011 after…
Idaho GOP Congressman Mike Simpson acknowledges the legislative futility of the latest vote by the House Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but says making the statement is still worthwhile. “While it may sound like a poor use of…
