Supporting Idaho families and Idaho values
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
There has been a lot of attention in the last few weeks about the cost of insulin. Unfortunately, both of our U.S. senators voted against capping the monthly cost of insulin for the majority of Americans. And while insulin is absolutely critical Read More
On paper, saying your community supports equity and justice for marginalized groups certainly sounds nice. Touting your community as a welcoming place for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color), LGBT+ people, disabled people, people from different class backgrounds and neurodivergent people Read More
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
This week we learned that distinguished Boise attorney Tom Arkoosh is the new Democratic nominee for Idaho attorney general, running against former Republican Congressman Raul Labrador. It is significant in that Jim Jones, former chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court and Read More
It’s been over 10 years. That’s a long time even for our government. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was put into place on June 15, 2012. It was meant to be a stopgap, temporary measure while we figured out a Read More
