Politics is a “full-contact sport,” Republican state Sen. Bob Nonini told his hometown Coeur d’Alene Press this week. Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene And at least he’s consistent in applying this principle. Last spring, when Nonini was seeking to move from the…
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Ciao, baby! I’ll be away for four weeks
Out of gratitude to loyal readers who’ve become regular visitors to the Idaho Politics blog, I wish to beg your leave today. I’m heading to Europe with my two kids, who are on their summer breaks from college. My Spanish-speaking…
Emily Litella redux: Luna foe says ‘never mind,’ recall revived
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…
What was Crapo’s $250k ‘Blueberry Guru’ up to? Not pot, he says
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…
Tagged with: $250, 000 loss, blueberries healthy, blueberry guru, blueberry marijuana, BYU, campaign finance, guru seeds, idaho politics, pot seeds, Princeton Review, Sen. Mike Crapo
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Common Core in Idaho: Who supports it? And who doesn’t?
Common Core — a series of standards in math and English language arts — is the hottest education topic in the nation, and in Idaho. Most of Idaho’s political leaders and key stakeholders support Idaho Core Standards — Idaho’s version of Common…
Idaho’s Minnick hired by Gabby Giffords to lobby for gun control
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…
Tagged with: Gabrielle Giffords, gun control, idaho politics, NRA, Walt Minnick
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Simpson: 37th vote to repeal Obamacare worth the effort
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…
Tagged with: affordable care act, idaho politics, mike simpson, Obamacare repeal
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Idaho’s Labrador: Negotiators at impasse over guest workers, immigrant health care
Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador told Bloomberg that a bipartisan group of eight U.S. House members may be holding their last meeting Thursday to attempt to agree on a compromise immigration bill. If they fail, he said, the Republicans will…
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Luna foe abandons third recall effort, calls Idaho voters lazy, apathetic, spineless
Comedian and former gubernatorial candidate Pete Peterson has finally given up on his underfunded campaign to remove Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna from office this fall, a year before he faces re-election to a third term. Late last month,…
Missing out on the Appalachian romp: Idaho only state to never hold a special election
With Republican Mark Sanford seeking a political rebirth in South Carolina’s special congressional election Tuesday comes the news that Idaho is the only state in the union to have never held such a mid-term contest. Once again, Idaho is missing…
