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Stapilus: Prop 4 isn't really about drugs (opens the original)
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Some elections are about deciding who decides. This year, Idaho voters are being asked to give away a piece of their own power, likely forever, to the Idaho Legislature. This vote will say a lot about the real nature of Idaho. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full access to local reporting, breaking news, and more. Randy Stapilus is a former Idaho newspaper reporter and editor and blogs at www.ridenbaugh.com. He
Stapilus: What the abortion initiative does (opens the original)
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State supreme court decisions about acceptable language used to define ballot initiatives â an issue not just in Idaho but elsewhere too â may seem like deep inside baseball stuff. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full access to local reporting, breaking news, and more. Randy Stapilus is a former Idaho newspaper reporter and editor and blogs at www.ridenbaugh.com. He can be reached at stapilus@ridenbaugh.com.
Stapilus: Darrell Manning: Idaho's Mr. Fixit (opens the original)
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Darrell Manning, who died last month at 94, was smack in the middle of Idahoâs hot and pivotal politics of the '60s. He served four terms as a Democratic state representative from Bannock County and rose to Democratic House caucus leader, which you do only if you take party loyalty seriously. He was also the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in 1968, losing to Republican Orval Hansen. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscri
Stapilus: Where Idahoans think of Trump (opens the original)
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We know what Idaho voters â in the aggregate â thought of Donald Trump in the last three presidential elections: They backed him 66.9% in 2024, and 63.8% in 2020 and 59.2% in 2016. But how does that compare to now, as the midterm elections approach? And â less discussed â does his level of approval vary around the state? Some clues emerge in an absorbing report in the polling analysis site Strength in Numbers, led by G. Elliot Morris (whose Substack is well worth a review), and drawing o
Stapilus: A Flock of watchers (opens the original)
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That was the opening line for a TV series a few years back called "Person of Interest," billed then as a sci-fi show, though it barely was at the time, and really isnât at all now. The key component was a computer system capable of tracking movements and activities of just about everyone, able to predict if they might do something nefarious. It was brought to mind by the recent rash of headlines, in Idaho but also nationally, about mass surveillance and a company called Flock Safety. Flock, ba
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