Marty Trillhaase

Idaho’s all-Republican congressional delegation seems to be in an awful hurry to repeal - and presumably replace - Obamacare.

JEERS ... to Congressman Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho.

ARCO, Idaho — If the story of Idaho’s David Bleak weren’t true, you’d never believe it.

Three weeks after Nez Perce County confirmed its first COVID-19 diagnosis in late March, the county was reporting one of every four coronavirus deaths in the entire state of Idaho.

When it came to his initiatives to promote Idaho’s institutions of higher learning, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s timing could not have been better.Not only had Idaho’s…

As questions go, the one Betsy Russell of the Spokesman-Review put to six Idaho GOP congressional candidates during Sunday’s televised debate was straight to the point:Have…

Donald Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp” of political cronies and lobbyists in Washington, D.C., got him elected president.As soon as Trump took office, however, he…

Let’s call this one the battle of the nanny state vs. the corporate state.Representing the nanny state is the city of Seattle, which earlier this year…

JEERS ... to Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Secretary of State Lawerence “Boss” Denney. If they won’t defend their constitutional authority, who will?Idaho’s executive branch…

JEERS ... to University of Idaho Athletic Director Rob Spear and football coach Paul Petrino. They converted a simple shoplifting incident into a full-blown scandal that…

JEERS ... to Idaho state Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood. She has consistently wrapped her opposition to extending Medicaid coverage to 78,000 low-income Idahoans in the cloak…

It’s no secret that anyone willing to take on the job of Idaho lieutenant governor sees a future governor in the mirror.For the most part, however,…

Friday, a panel of Idaho legislators seemed to have finally grasped the concept that the right to a fair trial - guaranteed by the Sixth and 14th Amendments to the

CcHEERS ... to Congressman Raul Labrador, R-Idaho. Beginning his fifth year in office, the Tea Party darling put his constituents first and voted to re-elect House…

C.L (Butch) Otter first asked Idaho voters to elect him governor in 1978.After losing that campaign, he settled for second banana - winning the lieutenant governor’s…

JEERS ... to Benewah and Latah county Democrats. They’ve said not so much as a peep in the nearly two weeks since the Moscow-Pullman Daily News’…

As far as some lawmakers are concerned, it’s up to them to save us from ourselves.

Almost two months ago, voters turned down Troy School District’s requested $338,000 property tax levy increase by 65 percent.Normally, such a stunning defeat leads local officials…

JEERS ... to state Rep. Susan Fagan, R-Pullman. Today, she ends her legislative career in disgrace for stealing from the taxpayers.Could these be the same taxpayers…

Leaving the fate of the Loschsa headwaters unresolved is the worst outcome.Finding a white knight to finance the solution would be the best.Somewhere in the middle…