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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David Hahn, the dean of the University of Arizona’s College of Engineering, is the sole finalist to lead Boise State University as its next president. -
Valley County Commissioners got an early preview Monday morning of a proposal to swap nearly 16,000 acres of state endowment land around Payette Lake with the U.S. Forest Service. -
A federal judge seemed skeptical about an Idaho law set to take effect soon that will make it a criminal offense for transgender people to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity. -
Idaho business owners have less than a month to decide how to comply with a new state law criminally banning trans people from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. -
Consultants are telling Boise’s auditorium district that building a youth sports facility downtown could have a better economic return than simply expanding its convention space. -
Idaho medical providers may get their first bite at grants funded by the federal Rural Health Transformation Program as early as next week. -
The Idaho Republican Party is getting a big gift from an outgoing, far-right political leader in the panhandle. -
Moderate Republicans made slight gains in the Idaho legislature after primary challengers took out some of the most vocal members of the far-right contingent. -
More than 100 people lined each side of the Idaho Capitol Friday morning as they said one final goodbye to former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne. -
Idaho is projected to end the year with a budget surplus after a surge in corporate income tax collections last month.
