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Author: Miranda Marquit

Miranda Marquit is a freelance financial journalist and money expert. She has a keen interest in politics and social justice and is excited to share news of interest to citizens in Bonneville County as the Chair of the Democratic Central Committee. Miranda enjoys reading, the outdoors and spending time with her son. She writes at Planting Money Seeds and Progressive Mormon Mom.
Local Issues, Op-Eds

Opinion: Do you trust legislators to keep funding education?

September 4, 2022September 5, 2022Miranda Marquit

As I write this, the legislature is starting a special session. It will be interesting to see the outcome after this is published on Friday. One of the biggest issues is the proposed additional education funding from sales tax. There’s no doubt Read More

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Opinion: It’s time to fund education in Idaho

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022Miranda Marquit

Our Idaho Democratic Party platform focuses on values. It’s simple and straightforward. Rather than parsing out pages and pages of specific policies, the platform focuses on what matters. In fact, you might be surprised to find much in common with the values Read More

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Opinion: Do we want states’ rights to supersede unalienable rights?

July 12, 2022July 14, 2022Miranda Marquit

“(L)aws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. … We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the Read More

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Opinion: Who are we really? Look at our actions

June 21, 2022June 22, 2022Miranda Marquit

“This isn’t who we are.” We say that a lot lately. Many of us were relieved that a U-Haul full of Patriot Front men were detained rather than being able to carry out an attack on a peaceful and joyful Pride gathering Read More

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Opinion: Idaho primary system favors extremists

May 24, 2022May 28, 2022Miranda Marquit

George Washington had a point when he warned us against getting too caught up in political parties. Our political system is increasingly difficult to navigate these days, especially when we look at primaries. Political parties get to set the rules for their Read More

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Opinion: We need policies that support families

May 9, 2022May 14, 2022Miranda Marquit

Let’s talk a little bit about family values. We spend a lot of time insisting that we want to support families. However, when you look at some of the policies that we have, it becomes clear that we talk a big game, Read More

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