NEWS: Court Denies New Trial in Big City Coffee Lawsuit
In a recent ruling, the Fourth Judicial District Court in Ada County denied a motion for a new...
Winter Meeting 2025
The 2025 Idaho GOP Winter Meeting is in the books. I only have a few minutes to write...
A Short History of the Grocery Tax
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On Your Marks…
For the 68th time since achieving statehood in 1890, a new group of legislators will convene to pass...
Art of the Deal
A few months ago, I explained how 19th-century German statesman Otto von Bismarck used political pragmatism to achieve...
2024 in Review
What a year it has been. I launched the Gem State Chronicle in January 2024, two years after...
What is a Nation?
Last week, a sharp debate erupted on Twitter over the H-1B visa program. Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and...
SATURDAY ROUNDUP: 12/28/24
Here we are, the last few moments of 2024. The passing of this year will mark the 1/4...
How to Testify
Before a bill can become law, it must first pass through committee hearings in both the House of...
Session Goals
We are now less than two weeks away from the start of the first regular session of the...
