NEW POST! 🪨🌈 A new, colorful map from the USGS synthesizes decades of state and federal geologic surveys to create the most detailed visualization of the geology of the contiguous United States to date. www.beautifulpublicdata.com/usgs-coopera...

So many people think of Jake Tapper or Maggie Haberman when they picture a "journalist" and it creates this perception of journalists as being higher paid then they are. But most journalists are at small outlets covering city council and school committee meetings making like $40,000.

Idaho Family Policy Center announced its intent to run a bill designating State Highway 16, from Emmett to Star, as the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway. #idleg #idpol idahofamily.org/petition-cha...

Thank you for your attention to this matter! #idpol

I am happy to share that I’m losing the "Associate" tag from my job title, as I have accepted a full Producer/Writer position with Idaho Public Television! Times are tough in public media, but I'm excited to step up my journalism at @idahoreports.org and help cook up more great #Idaho documentaries.

Happy Halloween! 👻🎃💀

@status.blueskyfeedcreator.com any updates?

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My reporting in 2020: “It is often difficult to come up with a list of five viable president finalists... They feared that by being named publicly it would jeopardize their current employment. We encountered that with just about all of our searches.” #idleg #idedu www.uiargonaut.com/2020/01/24/s...

New from me @idahoreports.org: Idaho's Rep. Russ Fulcher says he would sign on to Rep. Thomas Massie's discharge petition if the House Oversight Committee effort does not provide transparency into the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. #idpol #EpsteinFiles blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/09/05/f...

Idaho school districts will receive $180 million to offset local, voter-approved property taxes. That's an increase from last year — but considerably less than the 2025 Legislature earmarked for property tax relief. #idleg #idaho www.idahoednews.org/news/sluggis...

Pocatello is way prettier than I expected

Sometimes, a parent or guardian can get on the phone, according to Idaho 988 Director Lee Flinn, “but in most situations, the minor hangs up because they tell us they feel like they can’t do that.” #idleg #idpol

Howard Rynearson, Payette County GOP Central Committee chairman, is leading the charge to gather enough signatures to place the measure on the November 2026 ballot. #idleg #idpol

Here comes Trouble...! This little guy is two months old and my new favorite fella. #pets

The good news is that Idaho hasn't found any more quagga mussels yet. The bad news is that we didn't see any at this time last summer either. #idpol #idnews blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/07/31/n...

"Indians racing with President [Teddy Roosevelt]'s train under snow-streaked Idaho mountains near Pocatello" (1903)

My darling spouse called the 2006 Eragon movie "good" the other day, and reader, I have never been so betrayed

Idaho is preparing a plan on how to responsibly use AI in state government. We took a look and what that means, and how Idaho is already using AI.

I was today years old when I learned the famous "Packer John" Welch of Idaho lore was killed in a highway robbery at age 25.

I need Bluesky to add a “Turn off retweets” button

Sen. Risch has stated publicly for the first time that he is opposed to the public land sell-off provision in the Senate reconciliation bill. www.lmtribune.com/local-news/r...

“We are causing so much havoc,” says Amanda Cook, the forensic nurse examiner director at the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center in Idaho Falls. "Now they can’t get medical help... (The legislators) have totally screwed it up.” #idleg #idpol blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/06/18/i...

A round of booing from the Canyon County Pride crowd after each local legislator's name was called out, with the biggest boo for Gov. Brad Little. "That man couldn't stand up to a gentle breeze," @socialistlyawkward.bsky.social remarks. #idleg #idpol

2026 #idleg candidates already making announcements

Earlier this year, Idaho passed a law to allow some cases of lewd conduct with a child under age 12 with aggravating circumstances to be punishable by death. The bill did not allocate any additional money for the State Public Defender’s Office. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/05/09/d...

This week, the Idaho Supreme Court struck down a Lava Hot Springs ordinance that limited what kinds of short-term vacation rentals can operate in residential zones of the city. #idpol #idleg #idnews blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/05/23/c...

“I had fellows who sat and watched a woman who was 19 weeks pregnant bleed and couldn’t do anything about it, and just waited until she was so sick she was about to die,” one Idaho doctor said. “If that was your family, it would be really scary.” #idleg #idpol

Analysis: Is the state’s method for building schools hopelessly out of date? So out of date that even a massive and unprecedented infusion of state money will not be able to fix it? #idaho #idleg www.idahoednews.org/top-news/ana...

WHAT DID I SAY MCCLATCHY bsky.app/profile/loga...

this is where I post from

Lawmakers in Florida, Texas and at least 13 other states are considering similar flag prohibitions to the ones in Utah and Idaho, said Logan Casey, director of policy research with the Movement Advancement Project, which studies LGBTQ+ rights. #idleg #idpol

NEW: Not only has Idaho's Attorney General sent a letter over flags to the city - so has the Ada Co. Sheriff. For now Boise says it will stay the course: boisedev.com/news/2025/04...

Demonstrators unfurled a "Free Palestine" flag behind U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders while he discussed Gaza during his speech at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. (Part 2/4)

Katy Perry “couldn’t recommend this experience more,” which is useful information for those deciding between space travel and booking a basic economy ticket on Spirit that doesn’t let you carry on any luggage so you have to wear 13 layers of clothing onto your flight pitchfork.com/thepitch/kat...

The "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" on Monday featuring U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, drew a full venue of roughly 12,500 people to the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. #idpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=IubW...

While Ehardt’s stunt was clearly meant to be funny, it raised a more serious question: Why are lawmakers allowed to destroy public records? idahocapitalsun.com/2025/04/09/a...

Margaret Carmel of @boisedev.com joins @loganfinney.com on the podcast this week to break down three new changes to Idaho's urban renewal laws. #idleg #idpol

The Idaho Legislature adjourned sine die (end of session) on April 4, 2025. #idleg

Downtown Boise and the state capitol in fall.

Both chambers of the Idaho Legislature approved their last appropriations Thursday, April 3. “We are through with budgets. Thank you very much,” Finance Committee chair Sen. Scott Grow said on the floor at 8:48pm. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/04/03/o...

GOOD NEWS, FALSE ALARM: "Those agency budgets already passed earlier in session in the maintenance budgets," Rep. Wendy Horman informs me. #idleg

nature is healing #idleg

Analysis: Lawmakers weren’t going to fix this problem overnight. But instead of addressing it, they neglected it, kicking an $82.2 million can down the road. #idleg #idaho www.idahoednews.org/top-news/ana...

What an argument over colleges and DEI shows about this powerful group of Idaho lawmakers www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

In what could be the near end of the legislative session, Idaho Republican legislative leaders are backing — and quickly approving — a bill to let ivermectin be sold an over the counter. Lawmakers are tapping into the misleading national cure-all rhetoric. #idleg #idpol

Trump is innovating on "corporations are people, my friend" 14 years after Mitt Romney made the remark.