Are you really from Idaho if you don’t have guns? Okay, maybe you have guns, maybe you don’t. But are you really Idahoan if you can’t agree we should keep.
Are you really from Idaho if you don’t have guns? Okay, maybe you have guns, maybe you don’t. But are you really Idahoan if you can’t agree we should keep.
TWIN FALLS — As incumbent and current Speaker of the House Rep. Scott Bedke sets his sights on the lieutenant governor position, a pair of Republicans have emerged as candidates to fill his seat. Douglas Pickett, from Oakley, and Carl Voigt, from Burley, will face off in the primary election, with the winner to be […]
D.L. Evans Bank has announced the hiring of Zane Mitton as a new mortgage loan officer for the Mini-Cassia area at the North Burley Branch. Mitton has eight years of mortgage lending experience and expressed his enthusiasm to help home buyers with all of their purchase or refinance needs. Mitton is very involved with his community as an assistant football and head wrestling coach for Oakley High School and volunteering with the Oakley Valley Arts Council, Historic Wilson Theatre and his church.
House Speaker Bedke announces run for lieutenant governor in 2022
Clark Corbin, Idaho Capital Sun
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BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) Idaho Speaker of the House Scott Bedke announced Thursday morning he will run for lieutenant governor in 2022, shaking up an already competitive race for second-highest statewide office.
Bedke, a rancher from Oakley, is the longest serving speaker in Idaho history. Members of the House of Representatives elected him speaker in December 2012, ahead of the 2013 legislative session.
The speaker is a lionized leadership position that enjoys considerable influence in the Legislature. The speaker has influence over all House members committee assignments, presides over the daily floor sessions and plays an influential role in driving the agenda of each session.