Last year, as we all know, was fraught with unprecedented challenges. It’s as if our hospitals, schools and many of us were in a pressure cooker filled to the brim with one stressor after another. And it’s not over yet. Joblessness, income Read More
I am visually impaired and have had a love-hate relationship with the voting process. Like many, I felt excluded. Recent proposals to change who is eligible to vote and how ballots are collected revive these feelings. I cried the first time I Read More
Can you remember when our government officials cared about the safety of our schools? Two bills working through our Legislature, likely to pass on party lines, seem to me at odds with one another. House Bill 122, sponsored by Iona’s Chad Christensen, Read More
There’s holding elected officials accountable. And then there’s bullying. Holding elected officials accountable is about voting them out in the next election and providing civil communications expressing your opinion. Bullying is trying to recall volunteer elected officials for doing their job thoughtfully. Read More
The 2021 Republican legislative supermajority is working at a dizzying pace on bills that would take power from you, make decisions for you about your health care, decrease tax equity and ignore the priority needs of Idaho families. Senate Bill 1110 would Read More
A bill recently introduced before the Idaho Legislature to greatly restrict Idaho’s citizen initiative process would in reality break a long-standing Idaho tradition allowing voters to directly influence how we govern ourselves. The bill is antidemocratic. On February 17, a record number Read More
