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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Hikers tackling the Idaho Centennial Trail may have to update their maps in the coming months. -
The Idaho Supreme Court has once again sided with the campaign to restore abortion rights in the state, saying state officials failed to write clear and concise ‘yes’ and ‘no’ statements that will appear on this fall’s ballot. -
A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a ruling by a lower court judge, which narrowly expanded who could get an abortion in Idaho. -
The Idaho Supreme Court has little time to decide how an abortion rights initiative will appear to voters on their ballot this fall. -
New guidance from the Idaho Attorney General’s Office finds that churches can spend money supporting or opposing ballot initiatives without disclosing their donors under certain circumstances. -
The Idaho Supreme Court is once again being asked to settle a dispute over how a ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in the state will be presented to voters. -
It’s no secret that this past year has been extraordinarily dry in Idaho, with two-thirds of the state experiencing some form of drought. -
The suspect accused of stabbing a Boise man to death on the Greenbelt this summer has been found to be “dangerously mentally ill” and unfit to stand trial – for now. -
The fundraising race is heating up in the fight over Proposition 1, the ballot initiative to overturn Idaho’s strict abortion ban. -
Micron is putting $10 billion into a new advanced research facility in Boise focused on long-term innovations in memory, computing and semiconductor manufacturing.
