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Gem State Chronicle

U.S. right (Idaho conservative)

Owned byGem State Chronicle LLC; founded and operated by Brian Almon, based in Eagle, Idaho
FundingReader-supported via free and paid Substack newsletter subscriptions; supplemented by advertising and sponsorships from regional businesses and organizations including Money Metals Exchange and New Saint Andrews College
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

Brian Almon launched the Gem State Chronicle as a Substack newsletter in early 2022, aiming to fill what he described as a gap in conservative political coverage of Idaho state government. The outlet formally expanded into a standalone website (gemstatechronicle.com) in January 2024 and incorporated as Gem State Chronicle LLC, registered in Eagle, Idaho. Almon, who relocated from Washington state, served simultaneously as Chairman of the District 14 Republican Party and as a trustee of the Eagle Public Library Board. From January to September 2023, he was employed by the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), a free-market, limited-government advocacy organization; he also contracted with IFF from January to March 2024. The outlet regularly publishes IFF press releases and commentary aligned with IFF policy positions on taxation, education, and government spending. Funding relies primarily on voluntary reader subscriptions, with supplemental revenue from sponsors that include institutions with strong conservative and Christian traditionalist identities. The Chronicle covers Idaho legislative sessions in depth through its "Idaho Insider" series and produces a weekly news roundup newsletter distributed to thousands of Idaho readers at no charge. Its editorial voice is openly conservative and has praised the Trump administration's second-term actions on immigration, reduction of the federal administrative state, and other signature policy priorities without significant critical counterweight.

Sources

  1. Gem State Chronicle – Homepage
  2. Introducing the Gem State Chronicle – Substack
  3. Gem State Chronicle LLC – Eagle Chamber of Commerce
  4. About – Gem State Chronicle
  5. Brian Almon: Gem State Chronicle Year in Review – Pocatello/Chubbuck Observer
  6. The Immigration War – Gem State Chronicle (Substack)
  7. New Features at the Gem State Chronicle – Substack

Profile compiled 2026-08-31; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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