By McKay Cunningham

When legislators redraw voting districts, voting is turned on its head. Instead of voters choosing their legislators, the legislators choose their voters. This process of redrawing electoral districts to benefit the legislators of one political party over another is called partisan gerrymandering. And both political parties do it.

The name “gerrymandering” derives from Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry, who in 1812 redrew an election district so grotesque and salamander-like as to coin the term.

By McKay Cunningham

When legislators redraw voting districts, voting is turned on its head. Instead of voters choosing their legislators, the legislators choose their voters. This process of redrawing electoral districts to benefit the legislators of one political party over another is called partisan gerrymandering.

The name "gerrymandering" derives from Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry, who in 1812 redrew an election district so grotesque and salamander-like as to coin the term.

By Anna Webb | Idahostatesman.com

Around the turn of the last century, Boise’s Central Addition just north of Julia Davis Park was an up-and-coming neighborhood. After Union Pacific laid railroad tracks on Front Street in 1903, the neighborhood changed, becoming more urban, more commercial and eventually a little run-down.

(BOISE) – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter announced the appointment today of Deputy Attorney General Jessica Marie Lorello of Meridian to the Idaho Court of Appeals vacancy created by the June 30 retirement of Judge John Melanson.

Lorello will serve out the balance of Melanson’s term, which expires in January 2019. She then must choose whether to seek election to remain on the bench.