Clark Corbin

Clark Corbin

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Clark Corbin is a senior reporter at the Idaho Capital Sun. He has more than a decade of experience covering Idaho government and politics. Prior to joining the Idaho Capital Sun, he covered every Idaho legislative session from 2011-2020 gavel-to-gavel, first for the Idaho Falls Post Register and most recently with Idaho Education News. His reporting in Idaho has helped uncover a multimillion-dollar investment scam and exposed inaccurate data that school districts submitted to the state. Prior to moving to Idaho, he worked for a family of small weekly newspapers covering the Kansas City area, where he was born and raised.

Corbin is based in Boise and enjoys skiing, mountain climbing, traveling, scuba diving and listening to live music.

Restoration projects underway at Idaho’s Minidoka National Historic Site
Idaho

Restoration projects underway at Idaho’s Minidoka National Historic Site

Oct 21, 2026
Clark Corbin
JEROME – More than $5 million worth restoration projects and forthcoming interpretive exhibits are being designed to preserve the history and lessons from southern Idaho’s Minidoka National Historic Site . On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, joined National Park...
Deadline for Idaho voters to request absentee ballot for general election is Oct. 23
Idaho

Deadline for Idaho voters to request absentee ballot for general election is Oct. 23

Oct 21, 2026
Clark Corbin
The deadline for Idaho voters to request an absentee ballot for this year’s general election is 5 p.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 23. Friday, Oct. 23 is also the deadline to register to vote in advance of the Nov...
Costs and permitting are barriers to nuclear-powered electricity in Idaho, utilities say 
Idaho

Costs and permitting are barriers to nuclear-powered electricity in Idaho, utilities say 

Oct 20, 2026
Clark Corbin
High costs and lengthy permitting processes are two of the barriers to bringing nuclear-powered electricity to customers in Idaho, officials from three electrical utilities told state regulators during a public forum outside of Boise on Tuesday. Officials from Idaho Power...
Idaho DEQ awards Island Park $1.4 million for drinking water project
Idaho

Idaho DEQ awards Island Park $1.4 million for drinking water project

Oct 20, 2026
Clark Corbin
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality awarded a $1.4 million low-interest drinking water service line loan to the eastern Idaho city of Island Park, department officials announced Monday. City officials in Island Park will use the funding to inventory and...
Idaho’s refurbished Liberty Bell replica to be rededicated Nov. 23
Idaho

Idaho’s refurbished Liberty Bell replica to be rededicated Nov. 23

Oct 16, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho’s newly refurbished replica of the Liberty Bell will be rededicated Nov. 23 during ceremonies at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, Idaho State Historical Society Executive Director Janet Gallimore said Thursday. In January, the bell was sent to the...
Senior adviser from Idaho Gov. Little’s campaign reportedly advised pro-Russian government
Idaho

Senior adviser from Idaho Gov. Little’s campaign reportedly advised pro-Russian government

Oct 16, 2026
Clark Corbin
One of the political consultants who the New York Times recently reported received hundreds of thousands of dollars to advise the Russia-aligned government of Republika Srpska was previously named a senior adviser to Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s campaign in February...
Voting rights groups say Idaho laws from 2023 create hurdles to register and vote
Idaho

Voting rights groups say Idaho laws from 2023 create hurdles to register and vote

Oct 15, 2026
Clark Corbin
A pair of local nonprofit organizations that promote voting rights say Idaho’s voting laws make it more difficult to hold voter registration drives and make it harder for some eligible voters to vote. 2026 Voter Guide Dates to know, how-to...
Idaho’s invasive quagga mussel population is ‘very small,’ state director says
Idaho

Idaho’s invasive quagga mussel population is ‘very small,’ state director says

Oct 15, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho State Department of Agriculture Director Chanel Tewalt told a committee of state legislators Tuesday that she believes Idaho’s population of invasive quagga mussels is very small and confined to limited sections of the Snake River. In September 2023, state...
More than 80% of Idaho wildfires caused by humans this year
Idaho

More than 80% wildfires on Idaho state land caused by humans this year

Oct 13, 2026
Clark Corbin
More than 80% of the wildfires that the Idaho Department of Lands has responded to this year have been caused by humans, Director Dustin Miller told an interim committee of Idaho legislators Tuesday. “This staggering figure just underscores the importance...
Idaho state controller’s race: Former state evaluator challenges GOP incumbent in general election
Idaho

Idaho state controller’s race: Former state evaluator challenges GOP incumbent in general election

Oct 12, 2026
Clark Corbin
A longtime state performance evaluator is running against Idaho’s longest currently serving statewide elected official in the 2026 general election for Idaho state controller. 2026 Voter Guide The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your...
Idaho state revenues beat monthly projection —  again
Idaho

Idaho state revenues beat monthly projection —  again

Oct 09, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho state revenues beat their forecast for the third straight month and are now more than $90 million ahead of projections to begin Fiscal Year 2027, Gov. Brad Little announced Friday. For September, general fund revenues exceeded their forecast by...
Idaho US Attorney Bart Davis announces retirement from Justice Department
Idaho

Idaho US Attorney Bart Davis announces retirement from Justice Department

Oct 07, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho’s top-ranking federal law enforcement official, U.S. Attorney Bart Davis, announced his retirement Wednesday following a long, influential legal and political career in Idaho . ‘The best job I ever had’: Bart Davis returns as Idaho’s chief federal litigator Davis...