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Tax relief should be the Legislature’s priority in 2021

By Fred Birnbaum
December 21, 2020
One of the major disappointments of the last two sessions was the lack of meaningful tax relief for Idahoans. It might surprise people that the state government is rolling in money while the virus impacts the economy. But it is true, and that is the reason tax relief needs to be a priority. The tax […]
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Dear Santa

By Wayne Hoffman
December 19, 2020
Dear Santa, I have but one wish for Christmas 2020: Please send one unbiased Idaho news reporter. He or she need not be wrapped. Just leave ‘em under the tree next to the big box with the Frozen-themed wrapping from seven years ago.  Santa, I need you to understand the basis of my request: When […]
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Media, lawmakers need to start talking about state Medicaid spending crisis

By Wayne Hoffman
December 13, 2020
It wasn’t so long ago that Idaho newspaper editorial pages and TV newscasters couldn’t shut up about Medicaid expansion. They’d opine almost daily on how wonderful it would be to extend the government entitlement program to thousands more participants in the Gem State. Media paraded would-be Medicaid clients in front of cameras as victims of […]
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Crisis standards of care

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
December 13, 2020
By Dr. John M. Livingston | Medical Policy Adviser The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare oversight board voted earlier this week to have the government play a central role in who lives and who dies. As a retired surgeon, I simply can’t believe that people who have never taken care of a sick patient […]
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IFF comments in opposition to Central District Health's new draft order

By Matt Tobeck
December 7, 2020
Central District Health, Board of Health Director Russell Duke and Board 707 Armstrong Place Boise, Idaho 83704 December 7, 2020 Dear Director Duke and Board, It is a step in the right direction that this board, in response to public comment, has revised its December 2, 2020 draft order for Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley […]
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Medicaid’s cost explosion requires immediate action

By Fred Birnbaum
December 7, 2020
In the chaos of a contested presidential election and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Idaho’s greatest financial threat has been able to creep by without much notice.  Medicaid, created to provide health care coverage to the country’s most vulnerable — the disabled and low-income individuals and families — has seen a recent explosion of cost. In […]
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There should be hell to pay for Idaho colleges’ social justice focus

By Wayne Hoffman
December 4, 2020
In a little more than a month, Idaho’s public colleges and universities are supposed to report to state lawmakers what they’ve done to reduce administrative bloat and get back to their core missions.  It’s hard to point to a single thing the schools have done to unwind the leftist, social justice-oriented indoctrination that has infiltrated […]
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IFF letter to Central District Health regarding oppressive order proposal

By Matt Tobeck
December 4, 2020
Central District Health, Board of HealthDirector Russell Duke and Board707 Armstrong PlaceBoise, Idaho 83704 December 3, 2020 Dear Director Duke and Board, I write to you today to voice my strong objection to the draft order released yesterday, December 2, 2020, entitled “RESTRICTION: Employers, Businesses, and Individuals in Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties of […]
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Idaho lawmakers must cut taxpayer support for left-leaning public radio

By Wayne Hoffman
November 27, 2020
A few weeks ago, former state Sen. Branden Durst took to Twitter to complain about Boise State Public Radio’s liberal bias. The university-based news outlet’s primary news source is National Public Radio, which has become radio’s reliable mocker of all things conservative.  But even the station’s locally-generated content is focused almost exclusively on the promotion […]
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Idaho teachers union vows not to strike again in response to parents' lawsuit filed after mass "sick out"

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
November 24, 2020
BOISE, Idaho (Nov 23, 2020) — Idaho’s largest teachers union has vowed not to shut down schools again a month after waging an illegal strike that forced 40,000 kids to stay home unexpectedly. The union’s promise comes after a group of parents sued the teachers union for illegally shutting down schools by calling into work […]
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Sanctions for violating Idaho’s Open Meetings Law continue to be weakly enforced

By Matt Tobeck
November 20, 2020
In September, I wrote an article explaining how local Idaho officials were not imposing any meaningful sanctions on government bodies whenever those bodies were found to be in violation of Idaho’s Open Meetings Law. Unfortunately, that trend continues. This last Friday, the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office forwarded me a response to an Open Meetings […]
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How teachers unions’ special privileges hurt students and families

By Anna Miller
November 16, 2020
Follow her on Twitter @annakate_miller Parents want nothing more than a good education for their children. Teachers unions, however, consistently act against the best interest of students. Unfortunately, the unions are winning and students are collateral. State law empowers teachers unions to control what, how, where, and with whom most children learn. This year, teachers […]
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