James Dawson
James Dawson joined Boise State Public Radio as the organization's News Director in 2017. He oversees the station's award-winning news department. Most recently, he covered state politics and government for Delaware Public Media since the station first began broadcasting in 2012 as the country's newest NPR affiliate. Those reports spanned two governors, three sessions of the Delaware General Assembly, and three consequential elections. His work has been featured on All Things Considered and NPR's newscast division. An Idaho native from north of the time zone bridge, James previously served as the public affairs reporter and interim news director for the commercial radio network Inland Northwest Broadcasting. His reporting experience included state and local government, arts and culture, crime, and agriculture. He's a proud University of Idaho graduate with a bachelor's degree in Broadcasting and Digital Media. When he's not in the office, you can find James fly fishing, buffing up on his photography or watching the Seattle Mariners' latest rebuilding season.
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An Ada County judge has partially sided with a drag performer in his lawsuit against a Christian lobbying organization, finding the group falsely claimed the performer exposed his genitals during an event in 2022. -
Idaho's continued drop in tax collections has the state facing a projected budget deficit – and a looming constitutional problem. -
Idaho's legislative budget committee is digging into nearly 20 years of the state's past budgets to better weed out unessential expenses. -
The state of Idaho violated its citizens' constitutional rights during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new legislative task force. -
As Idaho prepares to upgrade its crumbling 911 system, a state watchdog agency is warning of funding and oversight challenges facing the project. -
Lindsay Hecox, the transgender woman who sued Idaho to overturn its first-in-the-nation ban on some trans sports says she wants to call it quits. -
Idaho's two Republican senators are signing on to a bipartisan bill that would triple the budget of a program to clean up water sources in national forests. -
Idaho is having its worst summer for wildfire smoke in 25 years and has been America's top smoke producer since June. One megafire will likely only stop when snows arrive.
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Attorney General Raul Labrador will need to rewrite ballot descriptions of a proposed initiative aiming to open up Idaho’s primary elections and implement ranked choice voting. -
Two transgender girls and their families are suing the state of Idaho ahead of the implementation of a new law that would criminalize gender-affirming care for those under 18.
