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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

In a Stunning Turn of Predictability, the Ford Idaho Center Goes to the College of Western Idaho

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

December 9, 2025

Like Bill Murray waking up to “I Got You Babe,” the Nampa City Council found itself re-living the Ford Idaho Center (FIC) vote last Monday, courtesy of an alleged open-meeting violation. The Council voted 3-3 (Bills, Jangula, and Reynolds voting yes; Griffin, Haverfield, and Rodriguez voting no) on the conveyance, and, shocker, the Tie-Breaker-in-Chief (Mayor […]

TAGS: Bill Murray, Canyon County, College of Western Idaho, conveyance vote, CWI, FIC, Ford Idaho Center, government transparency, Groundhog Day, Idaho Center sale, Idaho local government, local government controversy, Mayor Debbie Kling, Nampa City Council, Nampa politics, Nampa property tax increase, open meeting violation, public assets, public outcry, Randy Haverfield, self-cure resolution, Twin Falls Prosecuting Attorney, Victor Rodriguez

Week in Review: The Invasion of Idaho

By Samuel T. Lair

December 7, 2025

The United States of America is in a crisis. For nearly five decades our nation has been under invasion from hordes of foreign nationals who have introduced crime, suppressed domestic wages, driven up the cost of living, overwhelmed our public services, and undermined our culture. Our Founding Fathers warned against the threat mass immigration posed […]

TAGS: 2025 legislative session, Alexander Hamilton, conservative think tank, cost of living, domestic wages, election integrity, Founding Fathers, harboring illegal aliens, HB 335, HB 382, HB 94, House Bill 335, House Bill 382, House Bill 94, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho immigration, Idaho legislature, Idaho politics, Idaho public schools, Illegal Immigration, immigration crisis, immigration enforcement, national sovereignty, Plyler v. Doe, voter fraud

Sanctuary Schools: Illegal Immigration’s Toll on Public Education

By Samuel T. Lair

December 6, 2025

In October 2025, a law enforcement operation at a horse track in Wilder, Idaho, turned into the state’s largest immigration raid, resulting in the arrest of 105 suspected adult illegal aliens. Subsequently, the day following the raid, nearly 20% of students in the Wilder School District were reported absent. This incident reveals how mass immigration […]

TAGS: charter schools, citizen privilege, Dredd Scott, education spending, education tuition, Equal Protection Clause, FAIR estimates, Fourteenth Amendment, House Bill 382, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho immigration, Idaho immigration raid, Idaho legislature, illegal alien education, immigration burden, immigration law, K-12 education, legal precedent, Plyler challenge, Plyler v. Doe, public school funding, Rep. Dale Hawkins, Rep. Steve Tanner, School choice Idaho, social compact, states' rights, Supreme Court decision, Terrace v. Thompson, Wilder Idaho

Illegal Immigration and Elections: Only Idaho Votes in Idaho

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.

December 5, 2025

And now for some good news on the immigration issue in Idaho. Our laws and our constitutional amendment prohibiting anyone but U.S. citizens from voting in Idaho elections seem to be working. Recall, in 2024, House Joint Resolution 5 (carried by Rep. Kevin Andrus), referred to as "Idaho's only citizens vote measure," passed the Legislature and […]

TAGS: citizen voting rights, constitutional amendment, election security, HJR 5, House Bill 94, Idaho election integrity, Idaho Legislature 2026, non-citizen voting, SAVE system, Secretary of State, voter fraud penalties, voter rolls audit

Idaho's Costly Burden from the Border

By Brett Farruggia

December 4, 2025

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare recently released data showing that outlays for emergency medical services for illegal aliens totaled over $19 million in Fiscal Year 2025, all paid for by Idaho taxpayers. This is just a small portion of the overall medical costs incurred by the state of Idaho, let alone the cost […]

TAGS: $19 million, $302 million, Center for Immigration Studies, cheap labor, emergency medical services, FAIR study, Federation for American Immigration Reform, House Bill 135, housing costs, Idaho economy, Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho immigration cost, Idaho taxpayer, illegal immigration burden, immigration, Milton Friedman, net fiscal drain, state budget, wage suppression, welfare state

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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

In a Stunning Turn of Predictability, the Ford Idaho Center Goes to the College of Western Idaho

Week in Review: The Invasion of Idaho

Sanctuary Schools: Illegal Immigration’s Toll on Public Education

Illegal Immigration and Elections: Only Idaho Votes in Idaho

Idaho's Costly Burden from the Border

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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

In a Stunning Turn of Predictability, the Ford Idaho Center Goes to the College of Western Idaho

Week in Review: The Invasion of Idaho

Sanctuary Schools: Illegal Immigration’s Toll on Public Education

Illegal Immigration and Elections: Only Idaho Votes in Idaho

Idaho's Costly Burden from the Border

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