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Idaho Medicaid should expressly ban sex change treatments

By Wayne Hoffman
July 22, 2022
Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s administration has no policy on whether the state’s Medicaid system will pay for surgeries, hormone therapy, or puberty blockers for so-called transgender adults and children. That is worrisome, and it is personal. Even in Idaho, the lack of a policy statement means public dollars could be used to help people medically […]
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Idaho GOP supports direct election for State Board of Education members

By Matt Cookson
July 22, 2022
The Idaho Republican Party signaled its future plans for the Idaho State Board of Education (SBOE) by changing its party platform to support direct election of SBOE members, rather than gubernatorial appointment. The SBOE has promoted initiatives that go against family values, so parents deserve the agency to directly elect these officials who play a […]
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Government "investments" hurt real people, delay solutions

By Wayne Hoffman
July 20, 2022
Whenever someone says government is going to "invest" money toward a problem, remember the warning from the great economist Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, only tradeoffs.  A recent headline used the "I" word to describe the $66 million the state of Idaho plans to put toward "behavioral health." It's an investment, the article claims. […]
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Ignore the legacy media

By Wayne Hoffman
July 11, 2022
What you read in most local daily newspapers or see on the daily news isn’t really journalism. It’s leftist propaganda. That’s why a year ago, I decided the Idaho Freedom Foundation would stop answering most questions from Idaho reporters and many national “news” outlets like the LA Times and the Washington Post. Talking to reporters […]
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Idaho families look on as Arizona leaves the Gem State in the dust on school choice

By Matt Cookson
July 8, 2022
Idaho legislators should follow the Arizona Legislature’s example and bring school choice to Gem State families.  On June 24, the Arizona Legislature passed a bill that expands access to Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs). This historic bill empowers all families to choose the education that works best for their children.  The Arizona bill immediately returns Arizona […]
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Idaho should emulate Tennessee’s example and hold universities accountable

By Kaitlyn Shepherd
June 29, 2022
Tennessee’s Legislature passed a law that strengthens protections for free speech and resists the progressive ideology dominating the state’s public colleges and universities. This legislative victory is thanks in part to a pair of reports on the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) and the Tennessee higher education system, which were written by the Idaho Freedom […]
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Idaho should adopt social studies standards that teach kids about birthright of liberty

By Kaitlyn Shepherd
June 28, 2022
Idaho should adapt and adopt the “American Birthright: The Civics Alliance’s Model K-12 Social Studies Standards.” The standards were released yesterday by the Civics Alliance, a coalition of individuals and organizations devoted to improving civics education across the United States. The American Birthright standards are designed to give students a high-quality civics education that focuses […]
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Trans activists target Idaho students through school clubs

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
June 23, 2022
By: Anna Miller and Kaitlyn Shepherd Lakes Middle School in Coeur d’Alene invited children as young as 12 years old to attend a Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) club meeting wherein students were taught about LGBT-related issues without parental knowledge or consent.  Parents and public officials may be tempted to think this is an isolated […]
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Idaho lawmakers need to intervene in rollout of COVID shots for babies and toddlers

By Wayne Hoffman
June 23, 2022
Idaho GOP Gov. Brad Little’s administration wasted no time this week promoting COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old. The state Department of Health and Welfare announced the availability of the shots to the youngest Idahoans on Wednesday via social media. As of Thursday morning, the agency’s official website says the protocol […]
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West Ada School District to spend $125K on equity consultant endorsing CRT

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
June 15, 2022
By: Anna Miller and Kaitlyn Shepherd West Ada School District is spending $125K on equity consultant Education Elements to develop a districtwide strategic plan. Education Elements is a self-proclaimed anti-racist consulting firm seeking to “dismantle the systems of inequity that perpetuate oppression” in the school system and claiming that racism has “seeped into all American […]
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Rep. Ron Nate joins Idaho Freedom Foundation as senior policy fellow

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
June 13, 2022
The Idaho Freedom Foundation is pleased to announce that Rep. Ron Nate, a fearless conservative in the Idaho House of Representatives, has joined its policy team as a senior policy fellow. In his new role, Nate will research and write policy analyses on a variety of topics and will draw from his legislative experience. Nate […]
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Public dollars pay for Idaho gay pride events

By Wayne Hoffman
June 7, 2022
This weekend, satanists, drag queens, and anti-gun advocates will help the North Idaho Pride Alliance celebrate gay pride -- and public dollars will also help pay for it via money appropriated by state lawmakers.  The North Idaho Pride Alliance’s Pride in the Park boasts a number of sponsorships, including the ACLU of Idaho, the Satanic […]
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