When a cut-to-bone budget bill that would hurt his rural constituents came to the floor of the Idaho Senate on March 13, Sen. Jim Guthrie, of McCammon, knew he had to stand up and speak out to protect ...

A quiet, well-respected Republican senator recently exhibited something extremely rare in present-day politics — leadership and courage. At a time when extremist political groups are doing their level ...

Sometimes there will be, ‘Hey let’s push this through the House, it’ll pass, get to the Senate, and Guthrie’s going to put it in his drawer, so then it won’t matter because they know they’re going to ...