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A federal whistleblower lawsuit named the same officer who became the leading internal candidate for police chief in 2026. Local coverage stopped after the filing in 2021. A federal judge let the case proceed to trial in January. Idaho Ledger has spent weeks reviewing the full court record -- depositions and exhibits no local outlet has examined.

Passed 7-0 under suspension of rules three weeks before July 4th. Police can now cite you for your neighbor's fireworks debris. Three council members who voted yes had already privately questioned whether the ordinance's author belonged on a Brady list. The local press missed every bit of it.

Sheckler spent weeks privately reviewing a federal lawsuit implicating the interim chief's truthfulness. He asked if the chief should be on the Brady list. He received a written conclusion that the chief lied. Then he and Miller coordinated to keep the public from knowing any of it. The Coeur d'Alene Press didn't ask. Now you can read what they won't tell you.

Every donor, every PAC, every out-of-state vendor -- mapped interactively. ~$5.18M raised 2018-2026. 75% left Idaho. Trace the full money flow from Idaho donors to DC and Utah operatives.

Who actually shows up to Idaho primaries? Age breakdowns, turnout patterns by cohort, and what the demographic data means for the conservative challenger math in 2026.

79 cents of every dollar raised left Idaho. $1.3M to a Virginia firm run by Jeb Bush's campaign manager. $545K to a Florida data shop nobody in Idaho reported. Idaho donors paid for all of it. Every transaction documented.

$1.84M raised. ~75% left Idaho -- paid to DC and Utah operatives. CoreCivic, Micron, Big Ag, and IACI. Every dollar traceable. 2026 expenditure filings update June 9.

City records show $13.37 charged to a fund backed by a $263M federal EPA loan and a $570M voter bond -- both designated exclusively for wastewater infrastructure. Under Idaho and federal law, even one penny without authorization is potentially a crime. Records request pending, deadline June 15.

City records show the post-HB 561 workaround display cost taxpayers $15,161.51 -- nearly three times the figure Mayor McLean gave the public. Internal texts reveal the city was secretly planning the replacement display before the bill was even signed.

City records show the position vacated by Troy Tymesen has produced a net loss of $80,009 against budget through April. Interim replacement Ron Jacobson costs $14,500 per month. Invoices explaining the full variance are still pending.

Every Idaho Ledger story and open records request on Coeur d'Alene city government in one place. More investigations in progress.

Mayor Gookin claimed ten years of documentation of a city attorney targeting his police chief. The city attorney reviewed the records request -- about himself -- and denied it twice, using two different legal theories. The second contradicts the first.