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IFF President Ron Nate advocates for a full grocery tax repeal
10:07

IFF President Ron Nate advocates for a full...

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2 days ago

Ron Nate testifies on HB 231, stating that, while we are neutral on this bill, it could be amended t...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Who Benefits from Grocery Tax Repeal?
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Who Benefits from Grocery...

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3 days ago

Repealing Idaho's sales tax on groceries is harder than it needs to be. Learn who benefits from its ...

Capitol Clarity: Sound Money
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Capitol Clarity: Sound Money

4 days ago

Hear from Rep. Elaine Price, Rep. Steve Miller, and IFF's own Niklas Kleinworth on bitcoin, gold and...

Two Cents: It is Time for Accountability in Medicaid
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Two Cents: It is Time for Accountability in...

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1 week ago

Idaho's Medicaid costs are OUT OF CONTROL, projected to hit a staggering $5.2 BILLION this year! Hou...

Capitol Clarity: Religious Freedom
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Capitol Clarity: Religious Freedom

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1 week ago

Hear Major David Worley’s story about his own experience of religious discrimination by the Idaho ...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Social Studies In Post-Colonial Idaho
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Social Studies In Post-Colonial...

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1 week ago

Learn how subversive ideologies like CRT and post-colonialism are making their way into the social s...

Testimony on House Bill 138
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Testimony on House Bill 138

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1 week ago

Testimony for HB 138, which would require the effective repeal of Medicaid expansion in Idaho unless...

Professor Ron explains Idaho's Medicaid expansion
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Professor Ron explains Idaho's Medicaid expansion

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1 week ago

How out-of-control is Idaho's Medicaid expansion, and what can be done? Professor Ron is here to exp...

Fred Birnbaum SLAMS Rep. Fuhriman in testimony for Medicaid trigger bill
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Fred Birnbaum SLAMS Rep. Fuhriman in testimony for...

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1 week ago

IFF Legislative Affairs Director Fred Birnbaum testified in favor of HB 138, which would require the...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Are Religious Beliefs Safe In Idaho?
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Are Religious Beliefs Safe...

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1 week ago

An Idaho Army National Guard Major was removed from command over his Christian beliefs and a directi...

Fred Birnbaum testifies against HB 156, which would increase pay for parole commissioners
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Fred Birnbaum testifies against HB 156, which would...

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1 week ago

IFF Legislative Affairs Director Fred Birnbaum testifies against House Bill 156, which would impleme...

Rep. Judy Boyle discusses House Bill 98 to ban taxpayer funding of teachers' unions
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Rep. Judy Boyle discusses House Bill 98 to...

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2 weeks ago

Rep. Judy Boyle details House Bill 98, which would prohibit public school district resources to be u...

Idaho loves a good tax!
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Idaho loves a good tax!

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2 weeks ago

Big game snacks costing you more than they should? Remember that if our lawmakers cared, your wallet...

Fiscal Fridays: The Trump Grants Freeze is a Wake-UP Call for Idaho
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Fiscal Fridays: The Trump Grants Freeze is a...

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2 weeks ago

Is Idaho Uncle Sam's Puppet? Idaho's dangerously dependent on federal funds, with nearly 40% of its...

Rep. Barbara Ehardt discusses legislation that would require parental consent for sexual education
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Rep. Barbara Ehardt discusses legislation that would require...

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2 weeks ago

Rep. Barbara Ehardt answers questions about her legislation that would require parental consent to o...

Capitol Clarity: Idaho State Sovereignty
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Capitol Clarity: Idaho State Sovereignty

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2 weeks ago

Hear from Rep. Josh "Fauci Hunter" Tanner and Rep. Cornel Rasor about how we can reclaim our state's...

Two Cents: Should Idaho Spend More on Physician Training?
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Two Cents: Should Idaho Spend More on Physician...

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2 weeks ago

A doctor shortage in Idaho? You can thank the government for that. Idaho’s Graduate Medical Educ...

Nowhere To Hyde -- School Choice and Transparency in Idaho
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Nowhere To Hyde -- School Choice and Transparency...

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2 weeks ago

A lot of effort is being put into influencing the outcome of school choice in the Idaho Legislature....

Testimony on S 1023 regarding medical freedom
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Testimony on S 1023 regarding medical freedom

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2 weeks ago

Testimony on S 1023 regarding medical freedom...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Idaho Legislature Ponders Tax Cuts & Medical Freedom
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Idaho Legislature Ponders Tax...

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2 weeks ago

Two of the crucial issues being considered by the Idaho legislature are the need for tax cuts and a ...

Sen. Cindy Carlson and Rep. Barbara Ehardt commend the BSU women's volleyball team
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Sen. Cindy Carlson and Rep. Barbara Ehardt commend...

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2 weeks ago

Sen. Cindy Carlson and Rep. Barbara Ehardt testify for HCR 2, which commends the Boise State Univers...

Fred Birnbaum testifies in favor of SB 1023, prohibiting vaccine mandates
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Fred Birnbaum testifies in favor of SB 1023,...

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2 weeks ago

IFF's Legislative Affairs Director Fred Birnbaum testified in favor of SB 1023 today to codify medic...

Sen. Brandon Shippy introduces the "Idaho Prenatal Equal Protection Act"
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Sen. Brandon Shippy introduces the "Idaho Prenatal Equal...

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2 weeks ago

Sen. Shippy introduced legisation which would treat any violation committed against the pre-born the...

Rep. Jordan Redman introduces legislation to stop welfare for illegals
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Rep. Jordan Redman introduces legislation to stop welfare...

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2 weeks ago

Rep. Redman introduced a piece of legislation today to stop the millions in benefits illegals receiv...

Samuel Lair testifies against SB 1025, the "Empowering Parents Grant" expansion
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Samuel Lair testifies against SB 1025, the "Empowering...

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3 weeks ago

IFF's Director of Center for American Education, Samuel Lair, testified against SB 1025 which expand...

Two Cents: Chaos in JFAC… Again
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Two Cents: Chaos in JFAC… Again

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3 weeks ago

JFAC chaos AGAIN! Employee pay raises stalled after an hour of debate and FOUR failed motions. Our...

Sen. Ben Toews introduces gold standard bill to ELIMINATE DEI
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Sen. Ben Toews introduces gold standard bill to...

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3 weeks ago

Sen. Ben Toews introduces legislation that would be the gold standard in eliminating DEI in Idaho's ...

Sen. Ben Adams introduces legislation regarding the cost of ballot initiatives
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Sen. Ben Adams introduces legislation regarding the cost...

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3 weeks ago

Sen. Ben Adams introduces legislation that would require a financial impact assessment done for very...

Sen  Kelly Anthon introduces a bill to prevent debanking
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Sen Kelly Anthon introduces a bill to prevent...

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3 weeks ago

Sen. Kelly Anthon introduces legislation to prevent debanking for political or religious beliefs, pr...

Capitol Clarity: School Choice
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Capitol Clarity: School Choice

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3 weeks ago

Hear from Rep. Clint Hostetler, "Education Choice Stories" Parent Ryan Spoon, and Director of Center...

Two Cents: ISU Speaks on Malfeasance Before JFAC
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Two Cents: ISU Speaks on Malfeasance Before JFAC

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3 weeks ago

Idaho State University was grilled by JFAC today over the $900K misspent on a failed pathology cente...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Idaho and Authentic School Choice
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Idaho and Authentic School...

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3 weeks ago

There are a lot of folks trying to "steer" the school choice conversation as the Idaho legislature c...

Fred Birnbaum testifies in favor of HB 40's tax cuts
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Fred Birnbaum testifies in favor of HB 40's...

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3 weeks ago

IFF’s Fred Birnbaum testified in favor of House Bill 40, arguing that there is plenty of room to c...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Preventing Future Mask Mandates in Idaho
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Preventing Future Mask Mandates...

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3 weeks ago

HB 32, a bill limiting state entities from enacting mask mandates, has advanced to the full House. L...

Fred Explains All: HCR 4 and the Legislative Pay Raise
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Fred Explains All: HCR 4 and the Legislative...

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4 weeks ago

Fred Birnbaum, Legislative Affairs Director, explains how the House Concurrent Resolution 4 not only...

Two Cents: Illegal Immigration is Costing Idaho
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Two Cents: Illegal Immigration is Costing Idaho

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4 weeks ago

New legislation cracks down on illegal immigration! HB 11 makes it a crime to enter Idaho illegally ...

What's the Deal with the Grocery Tax?
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What's the Deal with the Grocery Tax?

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4 weeks ago

Lilly Allman from @intheknowidaho is here to explain! Want to know more about this amazing tax? vis...

Rep. John Vander Woude introduces bill to repeal medicaid expansion
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Rep. John Vander Woude introduces bill to repeal...

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4 weeks ago

Rep. Vander Woude introduces legislation that would repeal medicaid expansion, saving taxpayers mill...

Capitol Clarity: Repealing the Grocery Tax
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Capitol Clarity: Repealing the Grocery Tax

400 Views
4 weeks ago

Hear from Senator Christy Zito and Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld on how we can finally get rid of the ...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Reining In Idaho's Government Spending
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Reining In Idaho's Government...

535 Views
4 weeks ago

From grocery tax repeal to legislator pay to prohibiting official mask mandates, there's a lot going...

Sen. Dan Foreman presents legislation protecting Health Freedom
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Sen. Dan Foreman presents legislation protecting Health Freedom

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1 month ago

Sen. Foreman presented legislation to protect health freedom. This bill would prevent denial of heal...

Rep. Heather Scott reads HJM 1, rejecting the redefinition of marriage
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Rep. Heather Scott reads HJM 1, rejecting the...

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1 month ago

Rep. Heather Scott testifies for House Joint Memorial 1, arguing in favor of states' rights and to r...

Rep. Wendy Horman reads school choice bill
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Rep. Wendy Horman reads school choice bill

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1 month ago

Rep. Wendy Horman presented an Idaho parental choice tax credit bill, allowing $5,000 per child and ...

Rep. Kent Marmon testifies for SCR 101, resolution to stop the legislator pay raise
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Rep. Kent Marmon testifies for SCR 101, resolution...

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1 month ago

This morning, Rep. Kent Marmon presented SCR 101, the resolution to stop the legislator pay raise, t...

Professor Ron explains why House leadership is ignoring Idaho's families
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Professor Ron explains why House leadership is ignoring...

539 Views
1 month ago

It turns out Idaho's Senate has more of a conservative backbone than the House! After the Senate pa...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Federalism Returns to Idaho
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Nowhere To Hyde -- Federalism Returns to Idaho

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1 month ago

The Lava Ridge Wind Farm that the feds were about to force onto the people of Southern Idaho has bee...

Professor Ron on the governor's spending proposal
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Professor Ron on the governor's spending proposal

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1 month ago

Something big went under everybody's radar at the Capitol last week: the governor's spending proposa...

Senate votes on the Legislative Compensation (SCR 101)
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Senate votes on the Legislative Compensation (SCR 101)

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1 month ago

Senate votes on SCR 101 from Senator Christy Zito: LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION – States findings of t...

Fiscal Fridays: JFAC Stumbles Over Big Employee Pay Increase
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Fiscal Fridays: JFAC Stumbles Over Big Employee Pay...

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1 month ago

There was chaos in Idaho's budget committee, JFAC, this week as they set key numbers for state emplo...

Senator Dan Foreman proposes some promising legislation
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Senator Dan Foreman proposes some promising legislation

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1 month ago

Sen. Foreman proposed 4 pieces of legislation this morning which would: 1. Allow concealed carry on...

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