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Updated 1 week ago

Legislators mulling education, judiciary bills

District 1 legislators discuss local issues, legislation, and concerns in the weekly Notes From Boise column.

Updated 3 months ago
The greatest gifts this holiday season

According to U.S. House of Representatives historians, on December 24, 1913, “thousands flocked to the U.S. Capitol to celebrate Washington’s first ‘community …

Updated 3 months ago
Now is the time for one person, one vote

Just maybe … now is the time to discard a dysfunctional, predominantly gerrymandered electoral college and legislate a more equitable presidential election system based on the premise of "one person-one vote, where…

Updated 3 months ago
Community's help is greatly appreciated

I would like to thank the community for their assistance in moving me to a new home. I give thanks to God for his timing of events and his grace throughout the process.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
A Senate tradition with Idaho connections

For more than 100 years, bean soup has been on the menu in the U.S. Senate.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Christmas is a great time to register

This Christmas season is a great opportunity for parents to help their college students register to vote and request absentee ballots for their college addresses.

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Both helped weakened trust in electoral system, both must help restore it

This is a perilous moment of global instability. The very ideals of constitutional democracy that define America are at risk in every corner of the world. Amid…

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Spotlighting Idaho's Spirit of Freedom

The enormous service of Idaho veterans and the devotion to serving the veterans community is one of the things I most enjoy highlighting each year. Every Nove…

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Human Rights Day and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Human Rights Day is celebrated worldwide annually on December 10 to commemorate the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948; this year marking the Declarati…

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
An open primary for Idaho makes sense

The Open Primaries Initiative, if enacted, would create unrestricted primaries where, regardless of your political viewpoint, any registered voter could vote for any candidate on the ballot. Republican, Democrat, i…

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Some good news out of Washington

We hear a lot about what Congress does not do well — namely, work together to get things done. Frankly, I share these justified criticisms. But, I am also happ…

Updated 3 months, 4 weeks ago
BFHS production deserves applause

I would like to express my appreciation to the director, Kelly Collett, the production team, the cast of the Bonners Ferry High School play "Sound of Music," and Heidi.

Updated 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Supporting Idaho crime victims

The Senate recently unanimously passed legislation important for exacting justice and helping crime victims in Idaho and across the country. S. 499 would reaut…

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Idahoans should honor America’s veterans

Americans can commemorate Veterans Day twice this year. The official observance is November 11. It dates back to the armistice ending World War I, which went i…

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Expanding markets for Idaho specialty crops

Idaho farmers grow specialty crops in abundance. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, flowers and more, and are distinct from …

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Why we celebrated Idaho veterans Nov. 11

It may be common knowledge that Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day. Why we celebrate veterans on November 11 may be less known. According to th…