Kevin Richert
‘Medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome:’ Boise State professor’s comments on women draw fire
And Scott Yenor said colleges and universities are also eroding the American family. “Almost everything in these indoctrination camps complicates the male-female dance. It delays growing up.”
Holiday week coronavirus numbers suggest a continued improvement
New case numbers and hospitalizations appeared to decrease again last week — but the Thanksgiving week reports are almost certainly incomplete.
Election Notes: Nov. 22-26, 2021
11.22.21: Wasden joins crowded attorney general’s race Idaho’s longest-serving attorney general wants another four years on the job. Incumbent Lawrence Wasden broke his long silence on his political future Monday, saying he will seek a sixth term. “(I) still feel I have something to offer,” Wasden said in a news release Monday. Wasden’s announcement sets…
Campus news items: BYU-Idaho reports fall enrollment decrease
Other items: A new concurrent enrollment program at Boise State; rural health scholarships at Idaho State; and U of I-led research studying the Tasmanian devil.
Wasden will seek re-election, joins crowded A.G.’s primary
The state’s longest-serving attorney general says he will seek a sixth term.
As hospital restrictions ease, coronavirus case rates continue to fall
On Monday, the state lifted crisis standards of care at hospitals in 39 of Idaho’s 44 counties.
Episode 33: Trustees talk about the job, and what keeps them coming back
In Idaho — and across the nation — school trustees are facing a challenging moment in time. The pandemic and the national backlash over critical race theory and social-emotional learning have placed school boards under a microscope. What keeps volunteer trustees on the job? For this week’s podcast, Kevin Richert sat down for a roundtable…
Analysis: The 2021 session ended this week, and the 2022 session began
During the pandemic, days and weeks have had this way of bleeding together. Why should legislative sessions be any different? Everything Idahoans saw from the Legislature this week they will see again — in just 53 days, when lawmakers return to the Statehouse.
Labrador enters attorney general’s race
The former congressman is the third Republican to join the race. Incumbent Republican Lawrence Wasden has been silent on his 2022 plans.
Election Notes: Nov. 15-19, 2021
11.18.21: Chaney to run for state Senate A second Canyon County House member is going to run for the state Senate. Rep. Greg Chaney, R-Caldwell, said he will seek an open Senate seat in the redrawn District 11. “Having represented Caldwell for nearly eight years, I know voters here want a senator who will provide…