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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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Idaho’s bathroom law protects students, but harms from transgender policies remain

By Anna Miller
April 18, 2023
At least 26 school districts in Idaho have adopted transgender student policies. These policies all enforce some variation of the same corrupt gender ideology. Some allow boys in girls’ bathrooms and require teachers to use the pronouns and name corresponding to a student’s gender identity, regardless of their deeply held religious or personal beliefs. Other […]
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Possible ethics violation in text message from Coeur d'Alene principal

By Branden Durst
April 15, 2023
Following the failure of the Coeur d'Alene school levy election in March, a local school principal sent a text message to staff saying she knew exactly which employees, spouses, and adult children did not vote in the election and warned that they needed to vote in the upcoming May redo election.  The text message from […]
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St. Luke's plots end-run around new law protecting children from gender mutilation

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
April 14, 2023
While we celebrate the passage of a bill preventing children from being mutilated at the hands of pseudoscience leftists, it appears the battle is far from over.  We learned this afternoon that officials at the St. Luke's medical system are already trying to find ways around the newly-signed House Bill 71 which protects minors from […]
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D.C. think tank was wrong to jeer IFF’s success ending government-funded needle exchange program

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
April 14, 2023
If the government is to engage in any kind of a program, the politicians behind such a program need to look taxpayers in the eye and say, “We, the government, need your money more than you do.”  A concerned taxpayer might respond, “I was going to use my money to feed my family. Or pay […]
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2023 legislative session ended one government program

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
April 11, 2023
It is rare that a government program, once started, ever goes away. No matter how bad or how useless the program is, once enacted, it tends to linger well past its sell-by date. But here’s a little good news from the 2023 Idaho legislative session: One program has been eliminated, saving taxpayers thousands of dollars.  […]
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It’s raining money in Idaho - FY24 sees the biggest state government spending increase in 22 years

By Fred Birnbaum
April 10, 2023
In fiscal year 2020 (FY20), the total appropriation (including federal money) for Idaho’s state government was $9 billion. The 2020 fiscal year ended at the beginning of the “COVID emergency.” For the fiscal year that starts on July 1, which is fiscal year 2024 (FY24), it will be $13.9 billion. That’s greater than a 50% […]
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Conservatives pull funding for harm reduction programs, ending taxpayer subsidized drug abuse in Idaho

By Niklas Kleinworth
April 6, 2023
Idaho taxpayers will no longer fund illicit drug use through supporting so-called harm reduction programs, thanks to the efforts of the Idaho Freedom Foundation and conservative members of the Legislature. Tax dollars should not be used to subsidize drug abuse. House Bill 350 stipulates that more than $19 million in ongoing federal funds will now […]
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Statement on the veto of H314

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
April 5, 2023
Idaho Freedom Foundation president Wayne Hoffman issued the following statement regarding Gov. Brad Little vetoing House Bill 314, the School and Library Protection Act: We are dismayed and outraged that Little would choose to betray children and families like this, choosing instead to give in to the pressure from the special interests that have been […]
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Statement on the signing of House Bill 71

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
April 4, 2023
Idaho Freedom Foundation president Wayne Hoffman issued the following statement regarding Gov. Brad Little signing House Bill 71, the Vulnerable Child Protection Act: This is the culmination of a long fight to protect children from dangerous, barbaric, and in many cases irreversible drugs and surgeries that are promoted in the name of the transgender ideology. […]
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Legislature 2023 was a good session, but you were still robbed

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
April 1, 2023
While I’ve written enthusiastically about some of the accomplishments of the conservative accomplishments of the 2023 legislative session, don’t misinterpret my words to mean it was a “great session.” As legislative outings go, it was better than most. Call it “good.” I have three pages of amazing accomplishments from this session that we'll spend days […]
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Another victory as the Senate votes to protect children from graphic materials

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
March 30, 2023
Moments ago, the Senate passed House Bill 314, the School and Library Protection Act. We are nearing the culmination of a long fight to protect children from graphic and obscene materials in schools and libraries. Idaho Freedom Foundation has been exposing obscene materials in Idaho libraries for years. In 2021, we warned the public and […]
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