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Via Betsy Russell:  Starting Friday, Idaho will become the eighth state in the nation to allow most residents age 21 or older to carry concealed guns without a permit – even inside cities, in bars and in government buildings. The new law is the latest result of decades of efforts to liberalize gun laws in

Tonight at the Latah County GOP Central Committee, the Committeemen voted to remove John Freeland from office of GOP Vice-Chair. John Freeland is contesting the vote.

When a Montana lawmaker voted for an Idaho Congressman’s anti-public lands bill, all hell broke loose. Rep. Ryan Zinke is Montana’s lone member of the House of Representatives. As such, he’s under a great deal of scrutiny, particularly when it comes to something Montanans treasure: public lands. So when Zinke voted in favor of an

So-called “permitless” firearms carry becomes law in Idaho on Friday, July 1, and Idaho Second Amendment advocates won’t waste any time celebrating the milestone. The Idaho Second Amendment Alliance rally will take place on the Idaho State Capitol Mall from 5-6 p.m. Similar rallies, which pressed for such a law to go into effect, drew

Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstadt. The Court struck down a Texas law that protected the health and safety of women in the state’s abortion facilities. “I am deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court has sided with the abortion industry

Via The Associated Press:  Christians are the most persecuted of any religious group around the world, facing harassment in 108 countries. A study by Pew Research Center found that harassment of Christians in 2014 by both governments and society as a whole increased from 102 countries in 2013. The study considered harassment to be both

Via The Associated Press: The Supreme Court is allowing Washington state to require pharmacies to dispense Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, rejecting an appeal from pharmacists who said they have religious objections to providing the drugs. The justices’ order on Tuesday leaves in place rules first adopted in 2007 following reports that some women

The following Letter to the Editor appeared in the Spokesman Review: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb. That’s my impression of what’s going on in our electoral process. Both the Democrats and the Republicans are in a race to the bottom. Why not take an adult approach and consider the Libertarians? They are headed by two

“Be it resolved we adopt in total Senator Bernie Sanders campaign platform for our legislators to work toward.” Idaho Democrat Resolution – June 17 Now, that’s a break from tradition for Idaho Democrats, who for years have assured voters that the Gem State variety of Democrats were far different from those liberal kooks on the

Via the Idaho Business Review:  Idaho’s nation-leading job growth has been widely reported, but a report by the Idaho Department of Labor says that Idaho isn’t as far ahead of its neighbors as it appears. Idaho added the most jobs in the country between March 2015 and March 2016. The number of Idaho jobs increased

Via the Idaho Mountain Express:  Blaine County residents came out in droves to voice support for and opposition to a newly developed Blaine County School District policy that would protect transgender and gender-nonconforming students during the school board’s regular meeting in Hailey on Tuesday, May 14. The policy, which was up for discussion last week

Idaho federal prosecutor’s office issued the following statement:  The United States Attorney’s Office extends its support to the five-year-old victim of assault, and her family, at the Fawnbrook Apartments in Twin Falls. The United States Attorney’s Office further encourages community members in Twin Falls and throughout Idaho to remain calm and supportive, to pay close attention

From ABC News:  DOBBS FERRY, New York — A former president of the U.N. General Assembly awaiting trial in a bribery scandal died in a weightlifting accident when a barbell he was lifting from a bench dropped on his neck, an autopsy revealed Thursday. John Ashe was declared dead late Wednesday afternoon by a paramedic

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the broad reach of a federal law that bars people with misdemeanor domestic violence convictions from owning guns. The justices rejected arguments that the law covers only intentional or knowing acts of abuse and not those committed recklessly — where a person is aware of the risk that an