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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State lawmakers are beginning to comb through contracts Idaho’s Medicaid program uses with outside organizations to find ways to save money.
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Ad spending on Proposition 1 has blown up over the past month – each side spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to sway votes.
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Communications among Boise State athletics officials show they discussed a women’s volleyball match against San José State University multiple times one week prior to the game – one they would eventually forfeit on Sept. 27.
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If you’re picking up friends or family from the Boise Airport, beginning Tuesday you’ll have to wait a short drive away while they make their way outside.
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If you’re hoping to register to vote online, Friday is your last chance ahead of November’s election.
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Idaho State Department of Agriculture will once again treat the Snake River near Twin Falls to try to eradicate quagga mussels beginning Tuesday.
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Three Idaho farms are getting millions in federal grants to power their work in part with clean energy.
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Starting Tuesday, Idaho’s public defense attorneys will all work under a centralized state agency for the first time. Previously, each of Idaho’s 44 counties ran their own public defense systems.
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State lawmakers are considering more regulations for e-cigarette and vaping products when they return to Boise next year to curb underage use.
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Idaho State Department of Agriculture has found juvenile quagga mussels once again in the Twin Falls area – though at lower levels prior to chemically treating 16 miles of the Snake River last year.