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Terri Pickens: "Thank you Governor Little for letting us know you don’t...

"The Idaho Legislature usually can be counted on to generate embarrassing headlines, and this year was no exception, according to the Idaho Statesman editorial board. "But it wasn’t all bad. Some of it...

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Raul Labrador is Good at What He Does for Himself, Lousy for Those He...

By Michael Strickland Raul Labrador is an opportunist who has been riding a gravy train that began with his initial boost to Congress on the backs of Tea Party anger and an opponent who was the dubbed...

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Idaho AG attempts to bully private organization over “dangerous” and...

by Michael StricklandConservative Republicans love to espouse "local control." But they love big government overreach when it can help them grab headlines.  Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador this...

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Elect Bob Solomon for Idaho District 10 Senate

“A great legislative session would be one in which we address these real issues and needs at the beginning of the session, taking time to craft great laws, and putting partisan pet issues to the side....

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Vote Kaylee Peterson for Congress

Help us keep a majority in Congress!The incumbent is a poster child for right-wing extremism. I will be a voice for reason, collaboration, bipartisanship and principled compromise. He puts loyalty to...

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Idaho nears the fulfillment of Aryan Nations leader’s vision for creating a...

Part one of a two-part series. Part two here.Back in the 1970s and ‘80s—a period when white supremacists and far-right nationalists had been largely relegated to the fringes of American politics—the...

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Get Idaho Back To The Politics Of The People: Vote Natalie MacLachlan for...

by Michael Strickland“I decided to run for office as I watched Public Education become public enemy number one over the last 2 years. I believe that public education is the great equalizer and is the...

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Support David Roth for United States Senate

Both of Idaho's senators opposed the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. The Idaho Senate seats are considered some of the safest in the nation. The two stuffed shirts...

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Reflections on the Idaho Legislature: Michelle Stennett Looks Back ... and...

"Have you ever put your heart and soul into doing something, hopefully helpful to others, only to realize upon reflection later, how much you received in return?, Michelle Stennett said in Reflections...

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Taking on The Extremists: James Ruchti for Idaho Senate

“We’re going to see what people want (this election season),”James  Ruchti told East Idaho News. “Do they want extreme partisanship, extreme rhetoric, fighting about ideology. Or do they want people to...

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Vote for Miranda Marquit for Idaho District 33

I always enjoy driving to Idaho Falls. The beautiful landscape and wide-open skies fill me with optimism. Last week, the drive was even more special, and my reasons to be hopeful for a better future...

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Sen. Risch REFUSES to Debate Paulette Jordan - OUTRAGE

BREAKING: IDAHO IS IN PLAYForty years after a Reagan landslide upset the reelection bid of liberal Senator Frank Church (D), we have the opportunity of a lifetime…to flip the reddest state in the Union...

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Re-elect TJ Thomson to Boise City Council

Crossposted on 43rd State Blues I first met TJ Thomson at an AFL-CIO labor day picnic in Boise a few years ago. I had felt disillusioned with the hostility and narrow-mindedness of many elected...

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It's Time To Reclaim Idaho!

by Michael Strickland“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” -- Margaret Mead Idaho is always at the top....

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Nancy Harris: The Best Candidate for United States Senator from Idaho

The Old Boys Club is facing disruption. Nancy Harris has announced the launch of her 2020 campaign looking to become the first woman Idaho sends to the U.S. Senate.Harris is an Idaho native who says...

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Idaho Republican Rep. Chad Christensen: Plagiarism

Should an elected official know better?A local lawmaker was among the speakers at a rally on the Capitol steps in Boise on Friday, where he decried what he sees as the erosion of freedom and urged...

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Idaho Lt. Governor Candidate Janice McGeachin Thanks “Proud to Be White...

Choose your friends wisely. Will Idaho elect a Lt. Governor who openly accepts white supremacists?A truly awful conversation was recently on Facebook under this post. It has since been deleted....

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Is Idaho GOP Representative Priscilla Giddings Threatening Students?

Update: 3:18 pm MST:  The story has officially gone viral.From the Idaho State Journal:The posting has already received widespread attention, with DailyKos publishing an article on the Facebook...

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Stacey Mooney Out As Director of Nampa Civic Center

Idaho has never been great about funding the arts. Since we moved here in 2008, my family has seen three directors of the Nampa Civic Center move on.As of today, the city of Nampa official website...

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Honest Customer Feedback Leads to Racist/Sexist Response by Aj's Deli in...

I have been to Aj's Deli in Nampa, ID twice. Both times were years ago. Today, I see why something in my soul has had me driving by there almost every day (back and forth from work), but never entering...

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