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How a leftist Idaho legislator inspired the creation of the Idaho Freedom Index

By Wayne Hoffman
April 19, 2022
Many years ago, one of the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s supporters asked a simple question: How can I tell if my legislator is conservative? The question was in reference to then-state senator Joyce Broadsword, who appeared to have all the markings of a lawmaker who leans left. We had no real way of knowing other than […]
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Giddings correct about media bias in planned TV debates

By Wayne Hoffman
April 19, 2022
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Priscilla Giddings is 100% correct to not subject herself to a debate run by Idaho’s leftist news media. Her position is defensibly different from candidates who outright refuse to debate. It's all about the venue and media bias. I’ve never understood why the legacy media are given such an outsized role […]
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Gov. Little’s record is more than debatable 

By Wayne Hoffman
April 18, 2022
There’s a certain amount of hubris that Gov. Brad Little’s campaign team had to muster up in order to issue the decree that the governor’s tenure is “non-debatable.” After all, that wasn’t some off-the-cuff remark that was released last week when Little bowed out of any debate with his primary opponents. It came in a […]
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Agenbroad can't defend his pro-Big Govt record, so he attacks IFF instead

By Fred Birnbaum
April 18, 2022
State Sen. Jeff Agenbroad’s recent attack in the Idaho Press Tribune on the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s policy and appropriation bill reviews doesn’t reflect any change in our scores or tactics, but rather his problematic voting record.  And he doesn’t like our drawing attention to his voting record that demonstrates he is a big spender who […]
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Setting the record straight on the Idaho Freedom Index

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
April 15, 2022
Chances are if you watch KTVB, you’ve heard of the Idaho Freedom Index. Our thorough legislative scorecard has become a hot topic for friends and foes alike. However, some members of the media have misrepresented the Index and its purpose. To clarify the record, here’s what the Freedom Index is and what it is not. […]
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Veteran lobbyist Trent Clark uses distortions to defend loss of freedom

By Wayne Hoffman
April 13, 2022
The Idaho Freedom Foundation reviews close to 300 bills per legislative session, more legislation than any organization in the country. Not only do we look at legislation from a conservative perspective, but we also publicly post our written analyses of bills before they’re voted on. Those analyses remain on our website long after the votes […]
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Federal agencies are sexualizing Idaho libraries

By Anna Miller
April 13, 2022
Lawmakers recently cut nearly $4 million from the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICFL) because it was providing sexually explicit material to K-12 schools. This effort is a meaningful step toward greater accountability in public institutions. However, lawmakers also need to pay closer attention to federal education grants.  A portion of the budget reduction to ICFL […]
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State tries to take control from conservative community college trustees

By Wayne Hoffman
April 12, 2022
The State Board of Education's announcement that it plans to appoint three new members to the North Idaho College Board of Trustees is nothing less than an attempt to wrest control from the remaining two conservative-elected board members.  If the SBOE pulls it off, it would represent an unprecedented takeover of a local education institution […]
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Boise State under investigation for discriminating against men

By Anna Miller
April 7, 2022
The United States Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into Boise State University’s discriminatory scholarship program.  The OCR complaint (Reference Number 10-22-2061) alleges that “the University is discriminating against male students, based on sex, by offering the Boise State Women in STEM, Medicine, and Law Scholarship, for which only female students are […]
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Jim Jones hates IFF because we hate socialism

By Wayne Hoffman
April 6, 2022
Idaho newspapers don’t run every column Jim Jones writes, but you can bet that if he writes about the Idaho Freedom Foundation, they will publish it — because they hate the IFF as much as Jones does.  Jones’ columns are full of the same lies that we’ve come to expect from him. Jones has started […]
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Leftists won the 2022 Idaho legislative session

By Wayne Hoffman
April 5, 2022
True to form, lawmakers are trying to impress you with a handful of breadcrumbs from the 2022 legislative session, including a small tax break and some pro-life and pro-gun legislation. It’s an election year, after all, and people in office will do their best to make it sound as if their lawmaking made Idaho more […]
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Little’s budget blowout: The hidden story of the 2022 legislative session

By Fred Birnbaum
April 5, 2022
It is hard to find the superlatives to properly describe Idaho’s new budget, which takes effect July 1. It’s breathtaking in terms of the sheer size of the increase, abetted with the infusion of billions of dollars of federal money via the COVID relief fund pipelines.  Idaho has seen a massive infusion of federal funding […]
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