By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief
The Idaho State Capitol Building in Boise shines in the sunlight on Jan. 7, 2025. (Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)
ELECTION 2026
Campaign finance: Idaho Gov. Brad Little outraises all statewide candidates
By Clark Corbin
Incumbent Idaho Gov. Brad Little has raised more campaign money so far in 2026 than any other statewide candidate for office, campaign finance reports indicate.
With just over a week remaining until the May 19 primary elections, Little reported raising $1.8 million for his re-election campaign in 2026, according to Idaho Sunshine, the online campaign finance database maintained by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.
Rep. Ben Fuhriman, left, is facing former Rep. Julianne Young, right, in the Republican primary election. (Photos courtesy of the candidates)
ELECTION 2026
In East Idaho, a former Republican lawmaker is trying to regain a House seat
By Kyle Pfannenstiel
Two years ago, Rep. Ben Fuhriman won the closest Republican legislative primary in Idaho.
After a recount, he had won by just four votes over Julianne Young, who was then in her third two-year term in the state House of Representatives.
Now those two candidates are both vying for the seat in eastern Idaho’s Legislative District 30, House Seat B in the Republican primary election on May 19.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on May 11, 2026, officially rescinded a federal rule requiring officials to consider conservation in land management decisions in areas such as the Valley of Fires in south-central New Mexico, pictured above in 2021. (Photo courtesy BLM)
ENVIRONMENT
Feds officially cancel conservation rule for public lands
By Patrick Lohmann
The United States Bureau of Land Management on Monday formally cancelled the so-called “Public Land Rule,” which required the agency to consider conservation and development equally in land-use decisions for millions of acres across the West.
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ICYMI
Shining a light on other Idaho politics reporting
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Idaho State Journal: Three GOP candidates vying for District 28 House Seat A in May 19 primary election
Rexburg Standard Journal: Three opponents face off in primary race for Madison County commissioner position
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