Policy

Governor Little’s Budget Proposal Leaves the Heavy Lifting to the Legislature

By Fred Birnbaum

January 13, 2026

Let’s start with the good news: Governor Brad Little is not raiding the state’s budget stabilization fund (also called the “rainy day” fund) to balance the budget. On top of that, at least some measure of state conformity, or matching tax cuts, to Trump’s federal tax cuts is included in his budget proposal — although […]

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School Choice for All Idaho Families

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.

January 8, 2026

A local left-leaning podcast host had me on his show recently to talk about, among other things, Idaho’s new school choice opportunity — the Parental Choice Tax Credit (PCTC), which passed in 2025. He asked how in the world Idaho’s school choice could be “held accountable” if there were no mandatory testing or other state […]

TAGS: education accountability, education freedom, education spending Idaho, education tax credits, Idaho education reform, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho income tax credit, Idaho Legislature education, Idaho school choice, Idaho tax deduction 2025, microschools Idaho, Parental Choice Tax Credit, parental rights in education, PCTC, private school choice, public school funding Idaho, school choice expansion, school choice incentives, school competition, school vouchers Idaho

Questions Come as Twin Falls School District Protects Teacher’s Explicit Content Instead of Children

By Rachel Hazelip, M.A.P.P.

January 1, 2026

For any reasonable individual, protecting children from people who engage in sexual deviance and celebrate political violence should be a no-brainer. Yet the events that unfolded in Twin Falls, Idaho, involving one concerned mother and substitute teacher, leave us wondering. On October 1, 2025, Cierra Clarke — a substitute teacher and parent of a 1st […]

TAGS: Cierra Clarke, educational ethics, Homeschooling Idaho, Idaho education news, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Moms for Liberty Idaho, Parental Rights, parental vigilance, protecting children, public school vetting, Rock Creek Elementary School, school administration controversy, school board accountability, school district transparency, substitute teacher dismissal, teacher certification Idaho, teacher conduct, Timothy Hafer, Twin Falls Idaho, Twin Falls School District

Week in Review: Protecting Idaho Families and Children

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.

December 28, 2025

Idaho families are struggling. For the past five years, they have been under attack by the burdens of outrageous inflation, hostile policies carried out by Child Protective Services, a judicial system that is completely opposed to protecting the traditional family, abortion petitions by far-left globalist interest groups, and completely unaffordable housing, as new home starts […]

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Child Protection or Child Profit? Parental Rights at Stake

By Rachel Hazelip, M.A.P.P.

December 27, 2025

Every year, parental rights are trampled as hundreds of children are taken from their families in the state of Idaho without due process. What is often presented as “child protection” has quietly evolved into a multi-million-dollar industry in which hospitals, government agencies, contractors, and courts are financially incentivized to separate families. Under the banner of […]

TAGS: Baby Cyrus case, child custody laws Idaho, Child Protective Services Idaho, child welfare funding, constitutional parental rights, CPS reform, Cyrus Anderson, due process for parents, family law Idaho, family preservation, foster care system Idaho, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho legislature, Idaho parental rights, IDHW, judicial accountability, medical kidnapping, parental authority, Senate Bill 1108, Senate Bill 1208, state overreach, Title IV-B, Title IV-E, Troxell v. Granville

Idaho Freedom Foundation to Hold Press Conference for Freedom & Family Legislative Agenda

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff

December 23, 2025

BOISE, ID – (December 23, 2025) – As Idaho families gather to celebrate the Christmas holiday and prepare for the new year, the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) today announced it will host a press conference to outline our 2026 Freedom & Family Agenda. Following the successful launch of our agenda in September, this press conference […]

TAGS: Idaho Freedom Foundation, IFF, Legislature, Press Conference

The Hierarchy of Rights: Life Begets Liberty

By Rachel Hazelip, M.A.P.P.

December 23, 2025

One of the greatest sentences penned in U.S. history comes from the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Notice among the unalienable rights, […]

TAGS: 2026 Idaho ballot initiative, abolitionist movement, abortion abolition, adoption, Declaration of Independence, eugenics, human dignity, human rights, Idaho 2026 election, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho legislature, Idaho politics, Idaho Prenatal Equal Protection Act, Idaho Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, Idahoans United for Women and Families, IFF, life from conception, Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, pro-life, pro-life legislation, pro-natalist, Right to Life, Roe v. Wade, S1059, sanctity of life, Sen. Brandon Shippy, Senate Bill 1059, unalienable rights

Right to Property: The Global Lack of Home Affordability

By Fred Birnbaum

December 22, 2025

Let’s be clear up front about the issue of home affordability: there is no silver bullet, no quick fixes, and it has been decades in the making. If you care to examine home costs in countries as close as Canada and as far afield as New Zealand, you will find out that home affordability is […]

TAGS: 2008 housing crash, affordable housing policy, asset inflation, Community Reinvestment Act, cost of living, CPI vs home prices, economic policy, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve policy, home affordability, homeownership rates, housing bubble history, housing market trends, Idaho Freedom Foundation, immigration and housing demand, inflation and housing, Mises Institute housing, money supply, owner’s equivalent rent, real estate economics, regulatory reform, Sound Money, US housing starts, young adult homeownership, zoning reform

Week in Review: Medical Freedom and Informed Consent Are Fundamental

By Sarah Clendenon

December 13, 2025

Health and medical freedom, and the issues debated under this umbrella, speak directly to the overarching principles the Founders were so passionate about. You have the right to access holistic healing modalities, practitioners of your choosing, and treatments to heal in the ways you choose. The state and federal governments have no place interfering in […]

TAGS: bodily autonomy, chemical spraying, cloud seeding, Founders principles, health freedom, holistic medicine, homeopathy, Idaho freedom, Idaho Freedom Foundation, IFF legislation, informed consent, insect abatement, medical freedom, Medical Freedom Act, natural healing, natural products, naturopathy, private property rights, raw milk, right to decline, school vaccine mandates, sky sovereignty, vaccine mandates, weather modification

The Battle for Health Freedom Isn’t Over: Let’s Fight for Children

By Sarah Clendenon

December 12, 2025

Idaho’s “Medical Freedom Act (MFA)” protects adults from employers, businesses, government agencies, or other entities imposing medical interventions on them, including vaccines. Enacted this past July, the MFA protects adults from being coerced into using medical products, devices, substances, injections, or any technology, in any form. It’s simple — bodily autonomy is a fundamental, God-given […]

TAGS: 2026 legislative session, Biden v. Missouri, bodily autonomy, children's health freedom, COVID-19 mandates, daycare vaccine mandates, Florida medical freedom, healthcare workers rights, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho Legislation, Idaho medical freedom, Idaho politics, Idaho vaccines, IFF, informed consent, medical exemption, Medical Freedom Act, medical mandates, Medicare and Medicaid exemptions, MFA, Parental Rights, religious exemption, school vaccine mandates, vaccine mandates repeal

Look Up: Your Bodily Autonomy and Property Rights Are Being Attacked From the Sky

By Sarah Clendenon

December 11, 2025

Want to have some fun at your holiday family gathering this year? Ask your fellow party-goers what they think about cloud seeding. Are those lines in the sky merely contrails, or signs of weather modification, or some sort of atmospheric experimentation? You’ll soon find a variety of answers, speculation, opinion, and theory — from genuine […]

TAGS: atmospheric chemicals, atmospheric experimentation, bodily autonomy, chemical spraying, cloud seeding, contrails, domestic water protection, environmental impact, geoengineering, Idaho cloud seeding, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho legislature, Idaho politics, Idaho Power, Idaho water, Idaho water resource board, informed consent, legislative oversight, private property rights, public health, silver iodide, water scarcity, weather experimentation, weather modification

It Should Not Be This Difficult to Be Healthy — Especially in Idaho

By Rachel Hazelip, M.A.P.P.

December 10, 2025

Do you think it has become increasingly difficult to maintain good health in America in 2025? Does it ever feel as if the natural or traditional approaches to wellness — such as using holistic medicine, consuming raw milk, eating chemical-free foods, and toxin-free living — are the most regulated, while allopathic (Western) medicine, highly processed […]

TAGS: allopathic medicine trust, bodily autonomy, conservative health, food sovereignty, HB 303, health freedom, healthcare choice, holistic medicine, Idaho health policy, liability shield, medical autonomy, medical industrial complex, natural health, raw milk regulation

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Policy

Governor Little’s Budget Proposal Leaves the Heavy Lifting to the Legislature

School Choice for All Idaho Families

Questions Come as Twin Falls School District Protects Teacher’s Explicit Content Instead of Children

Week in Review: Protecting Idaho Families and Children

Child Protection or Child Profit? Parental Rights at Stake

Idaho Freedom Foundation to Hold Press Conference for Freedom & Family Legislative Agenda

The Hierarchy of Rights: Life Begets Liberty

Right to Property: The Global Lack of Home Affordability

Week in Review: Medical Freedom and Informed Consent Are Fundamental

The Battle for Health Freedom Isn’t Over: Let’s Fight for Children

Look Up: Your Bodily Autonomy and Property Rights Are Being Attacked From the Sky

It Should Not Be This Difficult to Be Healthy — Especially in Idaho

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