Political fundraising for the most recent elections were off the charts in Idaho. All candidates and political action committees raised more than $30 million.
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The 2026 midterm elections brought important changes and decisions for Idaho. A week after Election Day, Boise State Public Radio legislative reporter James Dawson hosted a virtual conversation examining the election results and what they could mean for the state.
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Idaho State Police and the Idaho Department of Correction improperly withheld police employment records and other information from two news organizations, according to a state court ruling ordering the information be released.
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The number of votes in question could potentially change the outcome of several races, including all three state legislative seats and both county commission spots that were up for grabs.
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A team at Idaho National Lab could be part of the solution to reducing nuclear reactor waste as the industry expands in the U.S.
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Idaho’s largest geographical county wants the federal government to roll back restrictions on 1.7 million acres of public land. The move would open up the land to logging, road building and more.
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On Tuesday, Idahoans rejected Prop 1, a ballot initiative that would've restored abortion rights in the state. The Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act lost by about 56% of the votes.
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Just prior to her appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Egyptian Theater in Boise, Joanne Shaw Taylor visited with George Prentice to talk about some of those almost-mythical moments in her childhood, her most recent inspiration for tackling the many facets of “love” in her new album, and why, to this day, she still hasn’t made good on a promise to herself: to buy a cowboy hat.
In each episode of Scandalized, political scientists Charlie Hunt and Jaci Kettler unpack a political scandal from American history: the story, its scandalous details, the political meaning and motivations behind the act.
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