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Category: Local Issues

Local Issues, Op-Eds

Opinion: What the Truman Banquet really represents

April 24, 2023April 25, 2023Dan Barker

The Bonneville County Republicans’ Lincoln Day Gala was this past Saturday in Idaho Falls, hosted at Melaleuca headquarters. Unfortunately, the event did not embody the spirit of its original namesake, Abraham Lincoln. Instead of embracing the ideals that used to characterize the Read More

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Opinion: Extremists want to restrict access to books

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023Miranda Marquit

Priorities. We often talk about what matters to us, but are we putting our money where our mouths are? Do the ways we allow others to govern us reflect the values we claim to have? For example, there’s a reason the First Read More

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Opinion: Legislating misery in the state of Idaho

April 8, 2023April 17, 2023David Roth

Can we legislate misery? I don’t know, but given this legislative session, I believe we are giving it the college try. We entered the session with so much potential. We had a large budget surplus, a new session with many new faces Read More

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Opinion: Idaho GOP denigrates democracy

April 1, 2023April 2, 2023Dan Barker

Conservatism took a turn in Idaho 30 years ago, starting the crack that has become the divide in the GOP. The screams of extremism and personal attacks now muffle the old calls for fiscal responsibility and reduced regulation. The Bonneville County GOP Read More

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Opinion: Legislators don’t represent real priorities of citizens

March 29, 2023March 30, 2023Miranda Marquit

Many of us are hoping, praying, for sine die. It would be different if our legislators showed an interest in passing useful legislation designed to invest in people and communities. Unfortunately, they seem obsessed with forcing us into submission to their own Read More

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Opinion: Public funds for private schooling: Stop the steal

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023Janice Brown

This week the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance and Appropriation Committee approved a 16.4% increase in K-12 public education funding for fiscal year 2024. This raises Idaho’s minimum starting teacher salary to $47,477, elevating the state to 10th in national rankings (based on Read More

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