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Critics Of Idaho Governor Organize ‘Special Session’ Of Legislature. It’s Unclear Whether That’s Legal

By NWPB News June 22, 2020

File photo. Gov. Brad Little speaks March 13, 2020 at a news conference. On Wednesday, April 15, he extended a stay-at-home order to the end of April, saying it’s needed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. CREDIT: Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP

A coalition of organizations — including the John Birch Society and Health Freedom Idaho, an anti-vaccination group — are organizing what they are calling a “special session” of the Legislature Tuesday. It’s unclear how many legislators will show and whether legislators can even convene a special session in the first place.Read More

Idaho Gov. Brad Little Begins Lifting Stay-Home Measures To ‘Re-open’ Economy

By Nicholas Deshais April 30, 2020

Idaho Governor Brad Little kicked off the process Thursday of “re-opening” the state after five weeks of “stay home, stay healthy” measures to help stem the spread of coronavirus.Read More

In Idaho, Anti-Government Militia Leaders And Elected Officials Defy Coronavirus Restrictions

By NPR News April 13, 2020

Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy (second from right) prays during an Easter Sunday church service he organized despite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in Emmett, Idaho. Jim Urquhart/Reuters

Ammon Bundy had pledged to hold a nondenominational Easter service in a venue holding up to 1,000 people. In reality on Sunday, a much smaller crowd would turn out at a warehouse he owns in a dusty lot near the Emmett railroad tracks.Read More

North Idaho Legislator Urges Constituents To ‘Push Back’ Against Governor’s Stay-Home ‘Edict’

By Nicholas Deshais April 2, 2020

In a video from Redoubt News posted to YouTube April 2, 2020, Idaho Rep. Heather Scott encouraged people to push back against state goverment efforts to address coronavirus

A state legislator in North Idaho is using her official government newsletter to urge constituents to defy Gov. Brad Little’s order to stay home in face of the coronavirus pandemic. Rep. Heather Scott, a Republican who represents the Blanchard area, sent the newsletter Thursday morning. It was titled, in part, “the virus that tried to kill the Constitution.”Read More