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Updated 4 days, 3 hours ago

Protecting our water resources in Idaho

District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes from Boise column.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Will Sandpoint keep its legacy of neighborliness?

As Sandpoint hangs in the transition from one generation to the next, will it uphold the legacy it’s nurtured? We’re considerate and neighborly and I hope to see my officers, my neighbors, my friends, and the commu…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Initiative's repeal would strip healthcare from many

Is this what you really voted for or maybe you voted for Cornel Rasor only because he’s a Republican. Now it’s past time that you pay attention. Are you willing to take healthcare away from 90,000 working Idahoans,…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Wonk funded by IFF-affiliated, out-of-state group

I read the article about Wonk in Sunday’s paper. So cool, right? A couple of local boys trying to bring unbiased civics to the average citizen. But with a little digging, I learned that Wonk is fully funded by an o…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
End of aid to world's poor is unconscionable

I am in line at Walmart — the cries of a hungry baby filled my ears. I hear that child being comforted by a caring parent and I smile inwardly knowing those baby twinges will soon disappear.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Idaho's initiative process doesn't need any changes

Idaho's citizen initiative process seems to be working just fine: Voters very clearly said yes to Medicaid Expansion and no to Prop 1. Why mess with it?

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Wild cat hunters showed poor judgment

While I understand the need to control wild cat populations it eludes me why it might be necessary for so many hunters to repeatedly be in one small, populated area?

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
HB138's impact court hurt veterans, local healthcare

As many know, we lost our labor and delivery unit at BGH in March 2023. This closure has impacted our community healthcare and women’s health care specifically…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Try firing judges under Judge Roy Bean

Donald Trump and Elon are firing judges who don’t agree with them

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Another legislative bill based on anything but science

Recently Bill 1036 was proudly introduced by Senator Brandon Shippy of district 9. It places a moratorium on gene therapy and supports this by presenting a single case of injury after a J & J vaccination.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Abandoning WWAMI would be foolish, short-sighted

I am disheartened that House Bil 176 is being brought to the Idaho House floor seeking to defund the 53-year-old medical education partnership for Idaho students between the University of Idaho and the University o…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
And divided, we shall surely fall

If people want to have their children attend a private school or religious school, they should pay for that themselves, not have regular taxpayer monies diverted to those "special interest" programs. Our tax dollar…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
School voucher bill offers anything but choice

Please don’t call the school voucher bills choice. Words matter and are used to make bad bills sound good. Other states that have put vouchers in place are experiencing soaring costs and reduced quality. Does that …

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Idaho’s congressional delegation takes a pass on constitutional governing

On January 20, Donald Trump solemnly swore that he would, to the best of his ability, “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Imm…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Private school choice not a civil rights issue

According to Representative Wendy Horman, private school choice is the “civil rights issue of our time.”

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Leave medical diagnoses, advice to the professionals

There are multiple types of DSD that develop during gestation as well as during growth and through puberty. It’s not as simple as “sex is binary.”