James Dawson
ReporterExpertise: Political reporting, audio editing, podcast smithing
Education: University of Idaho
Highlights
- Won my elementary school’s geography bee, failing miserably at state
- Once caught 10 rainbow trout in one hour fly fishing on the Lochsa
- Idaho Press Club board member
Experience
I cover Idaho state government and a little bit of everything else for Boise State Public Radio. Originally from Idaho’s territorial capitol north of the Time Zone Bridge, I’ve covered politics and state legislatures across the country since 2010. You’ll hear my work during Morning Edition, Idaho Matters and All Things Considered (and maybe read my newsletter, Legislative Round-up, during the session).
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Homeowners in Ada County can expect to see their county share of property taxes go up by 2.9% starting in October. -
Idaho’s health care providers accepting Medicaid are about to take a hit to their wallets as state officials will cut reimbursement rates effective next month due to higher than anticipated costs. -
Idaho lawmakers are scrutinizing vacant state employee positions as the latest DOGE task force meeting tries to find ways to cut next year’s budget. -
A state committee is recommending Gov. Brad Little’s annual housing stipend stays flat at about $60,000 a year. -
Officials in Idaho are drafting legislation to improve the state’s last-in-the-nation reputation when it comes to autopsies and death investigations. -
Gov. Brad Little is ordering all state agencies except for K-12 education to cut their budgets by 3%. -
An influential Christian nationalist lobbying group in Idaho said it did not defame a north Idaho drag queen by saying he exposed his genitalia during a performance in Coeur d’Alene in 2022. -
A new legislative task force is working to solve one of Idaho’s longstanding problems – having the lowest number of physicians per capita of any state in the country. -
The Idaho Attorney General’s Office is suing the U.S. Forest Service over its denial of a public records request seeking federal wildfire suppression policies used in the state since 2012. -
Anti-government activist and former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy cannot discharge a $52 million civil court judgment through declaring bankruptcy.
