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This Week In Idaho Politics
This senator
lives with today's business
struggles By Chuck Malloy,
Idaho Politics Weekly Contributor When Sen. Mary Souza
of Coeur d'Alene talks about the state of the economy with
businesses closed and staff reductions she isn't thinking only of
situations happening to "somebody else."
Can Gov.
Little legally require Idahoans to stay
home? By Steve Taggart,
Idaho Politics Weekly Contributor With the coronavirus
spreading rapidly in Idaho, Gov. Brad Little last Wednesday issued a
proclamation directing most Idahoans to stay home for 21 days and
all businesses, except those involving essential services, to close
for the same period. Little could extend the period still further,
depending on the outcome over the next few weeks.
Candidate
filings show GOP strengths, Dem
weakness By Stephen
Hartgen Overlooked mostly by the coronavirus pandemic
and legislators wrapping up the 2020 session, candidate filings for
state legislative offices show a sharp drop in the Democratic Party
competition statewide and an upswing in contested races in the May
primary election for Republicans.
A look back:
Boise's forgotten pandemic By Todd Shallat,
Ph.D., professor emeritus of history and urban studies at Boise
State University. Mistie Rose and Molly Humphreys contributed to
this essay (Notes: The full text of this essay was
published in the most recent edition of the Blue Review.)The Great
Pandemic of 1918 spread through a fatal cough. Vomiting and delirium
followed. Victims spat blood, then suffocated. Most died within 24
hours.
Guest
opinion: We are confronting
COVID-19 By Sen. Mike
Crapo The coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic has
challenged our sense of normalcy, and it has tested every
institution of daily life we know. The crisis has had a major
impact on the physical and economic health of our country, and a
major response has been required.
Short takes
to ponder during anxious hours in
isolation By Jim
Jones Now that the Legislature has wrapped up its 2020
session and vacated the capitol, citizens can rest somewhat easier.
Legislators could not bring themselves to provide adequate school
funding and residential property tax relief. However, they did
address some critical issues--letting out-of-staters pack concealed
weapons in our state without a license, passing two transgender
bills that are likely unconstitutional, and striking a blow against
affirmative action.
