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The melodrama of the Idaho Legislature has nothing on being caught in the middle of a coup in Peru … when you’re 16-years-old. Indeed, that was Michelle Richer. It was one of a number of globe-trotting experiences, which also took her to Bangladesh and Kenya.
Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett (D-Ketchum) will not seek re-election this fall after serving in the legislature for nearly 12 years.
1:16 The amendment’s sponsor, Sen. Scott Grow (R-Eagle), gave a dire warning about where Idaho would be headed if the state legalized marijuana. “This may be our last chance to choose between the culture we have enjoyed in the past and the culture now evident in the states around us,” Grow said. Marijuana is already illegal under state law and this would make it impossible to legalize the drug through a ballot initiative in the future. Republican supporters say crime is higher in neighboring states that have legalized weed and other drugs. But crime statistics from 2019 show Idaho repor...