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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The push to build a new jail in Latah County faces significant headwinds despite a survey showing more than half of respondents supportive of the project. -
Idahoans have the chance to set priorities for the upcoming year on how the state spends money from its Opioid Settlement Fund. -
The Greater Boise Auditorium District is poised to buy another large parcel of land near downtown as the group expands its reach. -
Hikers and mountain bikers in the Boise Foothills could soon help researchers better understand critical habitat for native Idaho trout during years with poor snowpack. -
City of Moscow officials have denied a conditional use permit for a proposed music and dance studio downtown after dozens of community members pushed back over the developer’s church affiliation. -
It’s an even year on the calendar, which means it’s officially election season in Idaho where all 105 legislative seats are up for grabs. -
Dirk Kempthorne, Idaho’s former governor, U.S. senator and Secretary of the Interior, died Friday in Boise after battling cancer. He was 74. -
Idaho lawmakers are beginning their oversight of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal cash to modernize the state’s rural health system. -
The city of Nampa isn’t much closer to picking its new mayor after a contentious city council meeting late Monday afternoon. -
On Friday, Gov. Brad Little knocked out the remaining backlog of bills left on his desk, including several controversial measures that received significant debate at the legislature this year.
