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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Idaho’s largest geographical county wants the federal government to roll back restrictions on 1.7 million acres of public land. The move would open up the land to logging, road building and more. -
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office must release the initial seconds of body camera footage from a 2024 shooting that killed Deputy Tobin Bolter under a new opinion from the Idaho Supreme Court. -
A Canyon County judge has rejected a request by anti-Proposition 1 campaigners to halt TV ads from airing that promote the ballot measure days before the election. -
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has paused a lower court injunction that allowed one doctor in Idaho to perform an abortion if the pregnancy threatens the health of the mother. -
Our streets will be filled with little goblins, ghouls and super heroes on Saturday as Halloween trick-or-treating takes over Idaho. But outside of the U.S., Halloween as we know it is still largely a foreign concept. -
The fate of a lawsuit hoping to shut down pro-Proposition 1 TV ads is in the hands of a Canyon County judge. -
In a split decision, the Idaho Supreme Court is upholding a ruling dismissing a longstanding lawsuit over whether the state’s public defense system was constitutionally inadequate. -
Board members of Too Extreme for Idaho, the group opposing Proposition 1, are suing to halt ads supporting the measure, despite elections officials saying they followed all state campaign finance reporting laws. -
After a brief pause, work to expand operations at two federal fish hatcheries in north central Idaho took a few steps forward Monday morning. -
A recent TV ad supporting Proposition 1 followed all campaign finance laws, according to the Idaho Secretary of State’s office.
