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Take a walk through the history behind each of the six firearms on Idaho's ballot for official state gun, from the territorial-era Winchester 1873 to the modern Remington 700.
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Idaho GOP Chairwoman Dorothy Moon names the five out-of-state mega-donors, including Michael Bloomberg, who gave $1.3 million to the Prop 1 campaign in a single week.
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Sen. Mike Crapo joins Risch's Affordable HOMES Act, saying Washington should remove barriers, not add duplicative regulations that raise the cost of manufactured housing.
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Sen. Mike Crapo welcomes four Idaho college students as fall 2026 interns in his Washington, D.C. and Boise offices.
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Attorney General Raúl Labrador announces a 22-year sentence for a Latah County man convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material and enticing a minor over the internet.
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DEQ lifts the boil water advisory for private well owners around Big Springs Avenue in Island Park after two months of clear E. coli sampling, though individual wells may still be affected.
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Greg Woodard and Jeffrey Street are running for District 4 judge, covering Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties. I take a look at their donors, supporters, and public record to help you make an informed decision.
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Sen. Jim Risch introduces the Affordable HOMES Act to eliminate duplicative federal energy efficiency rules on manufactured housing, an estimated $4,222 savings per home.
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Congressman Russ Fulcher's office announces $26.4 million returned to Idahoans through constituent casework, resolving more than 7,592 cases with federal agencies.
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Sen. Jim Risch urges the DOJ to investigate the ATF's illegal gun registry, which he says holds more than 1.4 billion firearm-related records despite a federal ban on such registries.
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Michael McGowan argues that "conservative" and "liberal" are morally neutral terms describing only whether one favors or opposes change, and that conservatives need a clarifying label for what they actually want to conserve.
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Cody Barr argues Colton Bennett's military service, decisive primary win, and uncompromising positions on taxes, life, and the Second Amendment make him the true conservative voice District 6 needs in Boise.
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A federal court dismissed a daycare's lawsuit against Idaho's Medical Freedom Act, giving AG Raúl Labrador a full win protecting parents' right to make private medical decisions for their children.
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A new Sunshine filing shows nearly $1.3 million in out-of-state mega-donor money, including from Michael Bloomberg, fueling the campaign for Proposition 1, Stop Prop 1 says.
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Idaho's Liberty Bell Tour visits 12 stops across Southwest Idaho Sept. 24-26, from Fairfield and Mountain Home to Donnelly, continuing its journey through all 44 Idaho counties.
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I argue that recent news about Medicaid fraud, Obamacare fraud, and an illegal alien accusing of fraudulently voting show why aggressive policing of welfare and elections matters.
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