Elections 2024
School leaders will ask patrons for nearly $242 million this November
Find out if your district has a measure on the ballot — and what it costs.
Analysis: This fall’s legislative races matter — and some matter a lot
A handful of elections could make an important mark on Statehouse politics and education topics. Here are the races to watch.
Hasler wins only contested Boise race, four unopposed incumbents retain trustee seats
Also on Tuesday, four incumbents ran unopposed and will remain as trustees.
Two candidates vie for open seat on Boise district’s board of trustees
INSIDE: Krista Hasler and Matthew Shapiro answer four questions surrounding their campaigns. Plus, links to profiles, campaign sites and voting details.
UPDATED: The third-party PACs: Where they spent, and how they fared
Third-party groups spent roughly $2 million in May’s Republican legislative primaries — but all the money had, at most, a hit-and-miss impact at the polls.
The $100,000 club: Idaho’s costliest legislative primaries
In an expensive GOP primary, a dozen legislative races reached the six-figure threshold, with candidates spending at least $100,000. The results were mixed. Hardliners won several races, while other candidates beat back hardline opposition.
‘Everything on the table’: How parents and neighbors ended Salmon’s decades-long school bond drought
Voters rejected 12 straight proposals for a new school. Then a group of volunteers stepped in to rebuild trust.
Moon is out if new GOP team has its way
The immediate focus of the leadership team will be to restore peace and harmony to the central committee
Idaho Primary: The good, the bad and the ugly
The self-styled Idaho Freedom Foundation bragged that the election was “historic” and concluded that “Idaho has spoken.”
‘Elated’: Salmon celebrates successful school bond
“Even if it was one vote, that was all we really cared about.”