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Astroturf group targets conservatives in Idaho

By Brian Almon
May 8, 2023
Corporate media has generated numerous news stories over the past few weeks about a purported new group aiming to combat "extremism" in Idaho. “Idaho Leaders United looks to root out extremism,” wrote Teddy Feinberg at the Idaho Press. However, these stories presented the group's statements at face value, neglecting the contextual analysis they would typically […]
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Governor Little is correct to oppose the use of Medicaid for sex reassignments, but he needs to go further

By Fred Birnbaum
May 8, 2023
We applaud Governor Little for making a public declaration that taxpayer-funded Medicaid, the medical welfare program that covers about 450,000 Idahoans, should not be used for any gender reassignment treatment or surgery. The Idaho Freedom Foundation raised the issue concerning the use of Medicaid for any sex change treatments, including hormone therapy. We believe then, […]
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IACI’s Legislative Scorecard is Rubbish

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.
May 5, 2023
Last week, we explained the power of the Idaho Freedom Index (IFI) as an objective measure of how well legislators vote according to the principles of freedom and limited government. This week, we take a dark turn to try to explain what the heck the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry (IACI) scorecard measures. There […]
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Setting the record straight on Medicaid: A rebuttal to Rep. Britt Raybould

By Fred Birnbaum
May 3, 2023
It is interesting to see Rep. Britt Raybould attempt to rewrite history pertaining to her support for Idaho’s Medicaid budget. Although she didn’t mention the size of the budget — passed as House Bill (HB) 369 — it was $4.54 billion, which is literally one-third of the entire all-funds budget of $13.87 billion. In a […]
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The Legislature’s Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee Does Make Policy

By Fred Birnbaum
May 2, 2023
Which legislative committee effectuates a constitutionally required function but allows no direct public input? You guessed right if you answered with the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee (JFAC). The Legislature is required, each session, to pass a balanced budget, and the committee assigned this responsibility allows no public testimony on the budget.  One of the […]
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West Ada levy would fund daycare center exclusively for school employees

By Wayne Hoffman
May 2, 2023
For those of you who think that the West Ada School District — the largest school district in the state — is concerned only with educating kids as part of its $500 million property tax increase, take a closer look: Rolled into the levy’s $100 million career technical education (CTE) center is a proposal to […]
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Public funds used for LGBT Pride events were cut, but government waste remains

By Niklas Kleinworth
May 1, 2023
Idaho lawmakers cut nearly $707,000 of funds that had been intended for smoking cessation ads but were used, in part, to sponsor LGBT Pride events. These public funds support the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Project Filter campaign, a social program meant to provide free smoking cessation supplies for those who want to quit. […]
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The legislature began to defund radical gender ideology, but the fight is not over

By Niklas Kleinworth
April 26, 2023
Lawmakers cut or redirected almost $720,000 in funds being used to sexualize youth throughout Idaho. This money consisted of federal grants that were used to support sex education endorsed by Planned Parenthood.  Eliminating this misuse of taxpayer funds is a victory for efforts to preserve childhood innocence and the stability of the nuclear family. Over […]
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Idaho State Board follows IFF Center for American Education’s recommendation to prohibit diversity statements in higher ed

By Anna Miller
April 26, 2023
The Idaho State Board of Education has followed our recommendation to ban coercive “diversity statements” in higher education.  The board passed a resolution “prohibiting either requesting or requiring written diversity statements from candidates applying for employment at Idaho’s public four-year universities.” Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Center for American Education has been exposing the use of diversity […]
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The Power of the Idaho Freedom Index

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.
April 24, 2023
In just over 10 years of existence, the Idaho Freedom Index (IFI) has proven to be the Tesseract of Idaho politics. Score well, and your political profile is good; score low, and you have some explaining to do. Haters want to destroy it, but its power goes on. So, why is there so much love […]
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Library Sophistry

By Brent Regan
April 21, 2023
Children are born with an amazing capacity for learning. Through observation, exploration and mimicry infants are able to decode human behavior. By age two, most have begun to understand that certain noises relate to certain concepts and that by uttering those sounds in a specific sequence they can begin to control their environment. Mastering the […]
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Lawmakers waste $161 million in taxpayer funds on Medicaid ineligibles cut from the program

By Niklas Kleinworth
April 19, 2023
This post was updated on April 25, 2023 at 9:18 am to correct a calculation error. The legislature budgeted for the removal of 13,000 ineligibles from the rolls meaning that of the 27,582 already cut from the rolls, 14,582 were unaccounted for in the FY2024 budget. This cost taxpayers $161 million more than necessary, not […]
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