Feb 12, 2024 | Breaking News, Idaho Money, Policy Analysis
Huge Conservative Victory this week in the Idaho Senate! A big part of the 2024 legislative session these past 5 weeks has been the fight over how to set Idaho’s government spending. Idaho has grown government spending 54% over the last 4 years. For...
Sep 27, 2023 | Breaking News, Policy Analysis
Because the Democrats can’t win on their ideas, they now want to blow up all political parties. At Sandpoint Farmer’s Market last weekend, the back of the Reclaim Idaho ballot initiative clipboards read “Open Primaries Initiative”. But, the initiative is not...
Sep 21, 2023 | Breaking News, Legislative News, Policy Analysis
Photo credit: Zach Hagadone of the Sandpoint Reader. NBC National News visited me Tuesday. Tuesday, September 19, was a busy day. A producer, camera crew and a Washington DC based national correspondent and anchor for NBC News visited me at my home, and they came to...
Sep 6, 2023 | Breaking News, Legislative News, Policy Analysis
The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare broke the law. Earlier this year I was ridiculed by the liberal press in Boise when I opposed federal CARES Act and ARPA money continuing to go to education three years after the Covid “pandemic”. The original...
Sep 6, 2023 | Breaking News, Legislative News, Policy Analysis
$317.4 million of property tax relief is on the way. A lot of bills were important last session. Yes, we needed a bill limiting boys bathrooms at schools to biological males. Girls will use the biological girls’ bathroom, and no, it is not possible to convert a...
Aug 30, 2023 | Breaking News, Legislative News, Policy Analysis
The Idaho legislature eliminated the presidential primary election with House Bill 138. Now what? The Idaho legislature is in session every year January through March. Three grueling months in which I work 16 hours a day. This time of year I am home planning for the...