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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About $33 million of federal grants that support teacher training, after school programs and English language learners are in limbo for Idaho’s public school districts. -
Idaho’s first in the nation law barring transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identity is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
A rash of new laws go into effect Tuesday as Idaho begins its new fiscal year. -
Abortion rights advocates will begin collecting signatures Saturday to overturn Idaho’s near-total ban on the procedure, while also protecting access to birth control and IVF. -
Despite public land making up about 63% of Idaho, it will not be affected by the latest Trump administration attempt to rollback regulations related to roads and logging on forest service acreage. -
The Trump administration has cancelled $2.7 billion in grants to help Americans level up their digital skills across the country – including in Idaho. -
Eastern Idaho is adding another lunar-related landmark to its landscape. -
An Idaho businessman tapped to become the new leader of the U.S. Forest Service faced little questioning over his past land disputes with the agency during his confirmation hearing. -
A federal judge is extending a preliminary injunction blocking an Idaho law that forbids public money going to pay for gender-affirming care. -
Former Idaho gubernatorial candidate and anti-government activist Ammon Bundy is once again on the clock in his bankruptcy proceedings.
