Boise City News

The map above represents the precinct level returns [.pdf] for the recent Boise City Council, Seat 4 race between TJ Thomson and David Litster.

Seven homeless Boise residents are suing the city, saying that rules against camping in public spaces amount to cruel and unusual punishment in a city where homeless shelters are overflowing.

This month's Fettuccine Forum presents a discussion led by Boise City Councilman David Eberle , Ph.D. The talk, Our Great Recession: Its Impact on Idaho and the Boise Valley will host a panel of local economists to engage the public in a discussion about our nation's economy and what the recession has done to change our state.

There might be some useful lessons drawn from the first paragraph of this post today from Spokane Spokesman-Review reporter Betsy Russell: After the Idaho Republican Party took the unusual step of passing a central committee resolution backing party involvement in non-partisan city races, one county's GOP central committee endorsed a challenger, ...

It's the eve of Decision 2009. Unlike last year's Presidential election, this year's races are strictly at the city and county levels.

Tuesday's elections won't have the flair of a presidential year, or the excitement of a major state race, but it's full of elections that could change the face of city politics.

Less than a week remains before Boise's City Council election. By next Wednesday, the election will most likely--barring any Afghanistan-like or Florida-like shenanigans--be over.

Of the three races for Boise City Council seats in this year's election, the bid for seat 4 between David Litster and TJ Thomson has arguably gained the most attention, especially among Boise Weekly readers.

The election is less than a week away and KTVB took a look at the candidates hoping to win a seat on the Boise City Council.

The Boise City Council enthusiastically accepted a report from the city's Bike Safety Task Force Tuesday during its noon meeting, requesting a sit down with the Ada County Highway District, a briefing on ACHD's bike plan and indicating that it would consider implementing many of the suggestions in the report.

Boise citizens have no excused this year when it comes to voting in the city council election.

As an update to FreeRepublic members interested in the progress of the Restore the Constitution Effort , aka, The Independent American Movement for Constitutional Restoration , and which is a FreeRepublic Alliance site, the following is a list of candidates who have sworn or affirmed that they will support the Constitutional Principles established ...

Last time I called the Boise City Clerk's office, I was informed that my blocky, black scrawl on a Public Records Request form was, to quote the perky receptionist, "illegible." They were a nice bunch, though, and they eventually helped this befuddled reporter through the hoops.

Several candidates for Boise City Council have reminded us folks can vote early, starting today, October 18th, Monday through Friday for the next two weeks, from 10AM to 4PM.

Some of you have already voted for Boise City Council. Deputy City Clerk Wendy Burrows-Johnson tells citydesk that the city has received about 700 to 800 absentee ballot requests and that early voting began this morning at the Ada County Elections Office at 400 N. Benjamin Lane.

Everything we oldtimers learned in economics classes seems to be as applicable to current events as film is to photography in this digital age.

There is a Boise City Council election coming up Nov. 3, with three seats on the line.

JOSH RASMUSSEN/THE ARBITER An officer with the Boise City Police Department ducks behind a truck in the parking lot adjacent to BSU's Engineering building after a gun scare was called.

Today, Boise City councilman Jim Tibbs announced that he will endorse City Council candidate David Litster to fill the seat Tibbs is leaving at the end of the year.

It's a $60,000,000 project. And if passed, supporters like Kris Howerton say you'll have easier transportation access downtown.