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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On Wednesday, Boise State University reported the fourth sexual assault on campus in less than a month through the school’s timely reporting requirement. This is the highest number of assaults reported to the campus community in the first two months of the school year since at least 2017. -
The transgender woman who sued Idaho to overturn its first-in-the-nation ban on some trans sports says she wants to call it quits. -
Idaho’s two Republican senators are signing on to a bipartisan bill that would triple the budget of a program to clean up water sources in national forests. -
A federal judge has once again ruled against two transgender college students in Idaho who are trying to block a state law preventing them from using bathrooms aligning with their gender identity. -
Homeowners in Ada County can expect to see their county share of property taxes go up by 2.9% starting in October. -
Idaho’s health care providers accepting Medicaid are about to take a hit to their wallets as state officials will cut reimbursement rates effective next month due to higher than anticipated costs. -
Idaho lawmakers are scrutinizing vacant state employee positions as the latest DOGE task force meeting tries to find ways to cut next year’s budget. -
A state committee is recommending Gov. Brad Little’s annual housing stipend stays flat at about $60,000 a year. -
Officials in Idaho are drafting legislation to improve the state’s last-in-the-nation reputation when it comes to autopsies and death investigations. -
Gov. Brad Little is ordering all state agencies except for K-12 education to cut their budgets by 3%.
