SESSION 2026: Failed Votes
By Tim Oren When I began this project, it was a retrospective on Idaho Legislative sessions that had...
SUNDAY ROUNDUP: 3/22/26
Catching up on the week's news.
Bringing Oversight Back to the Ballot Box
Is the world too complicated to allow elected leaders to make decisions?
Rest in Peace Rick Hogaboam
Idaho has lost a father, husband, public servant, and a good man.
Who is Senator Foreman Protecting?
Refusing to schedule a hearing for H745 defies all logic.
SESSION 2026: Personnel is Policy
The titular phrase apparently originates from Reagan’s Directory of Personnel, Scott Faulkner, in 1980. He coined it in...
Primary Pulse
Learn more about the candidates running in the Republican legislative primary.
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