2+ week, 1+ day ago   (783+ words) The drumbeat by President Donald Trump and his allies about the perceived threats of voting by people who are not U.S. citizens is getting louder as the November election approaches. This week, the Republican candidate for governor in Maine confirmed an…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1089+ words) Six months into a conflict that President Donald Trump predicted would last “four to five weeks,” Republican strategists worry there’s no way to keep the Iran war from hurting the party’s prospects in November’s midterm elections. The continuing hostilities have…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (812+ words) The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting may not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) The Moscow Human Rights Commission wants another voting location in Moscow in order to avoid the long wait times that have plagued previous general elections. The commission voted Tuesday to write a letter to the Moscow City Council requesting that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (373+ words) SALEM, Ore. — All Oregon voters will receive ballots by mail and should plan to return them by mail or an official dropbox despite a legal setback for states suing to block the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting, Secretary…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (349+ words) The Lewiston Tribune In Risch race, polls vary widely Todd Achilles, an independent challenging U.S. Sen. Jim Risch for his seat, recently shared his campaign’s good news: Achilles might have a chance against the longtime incumbent. An August poll by Achilles…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (242+ words) Idaho Democrat and District 1 congressional candidate Kaylee Peterson announced Monday she has invited incumbent U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher and independent Sarah Zabel to a public debate in October. The debate is set for 5-7 p.m. Pacific Time on Oct. 17 with an option to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (453+ words) The Pocatello City Council on July 16 upheld the denial of a request to issue a conditional use permit to build a data center on 59 acres. A city hearing officer had previously denied the application. The project was massive, estimated to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (367+ words) In 2011 — a political lifetime ago — the Obama administration drove a stake through the heart of the nation’s high-level nuclear waste strategy when it refused to fund and then junked the licensing of Yucca Mountain. There is a huge lesson in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (804+ words) Here’s an easy lesson for rising political hopefuls to draw from Francesca Hong’s failed bid to be Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee: Don’t demonize Thanksgiving. Hong, a chef, state legislator and democratic socialist, was the clear front-runner in the Democratic primary…...