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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, IFF’s former President
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, IFF’s former President
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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Masks are little more than a crisis communications tool

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
November 15, 2020
No time to read? We've got you covered. Listen to this column on The Hoff Time Report with Wayne Hoffman: Fifteen years ago, I was part of a team of Idaho state government officials involved in planning for the next pandemic. Because of my media expertise (almost 20 years in journalism) I worked on the […]
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Extend Idaho’s college and university tuition freeze another year

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
November 6, 2020
No time to read? We have you covered. Click below to listen to this column in podcast form! In December 2019, state higher education officials announced the first tuition and fee freeze in more than four decades. They said it was the right thing to do in order to keep the costs down for students […]
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Coffee controversy exposes BSU effort to blackball businesses based on politics

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
October 30, 2020
Boise State University officials would have the public believe they didn’t chase  police-supporting Big City Coffee from campus. But university officials didn’t exactly encourage the small business to stay.  At a minimum the controversy has helped expose an ongoing effort from within the school’s administration and student body to make allegiance to a social justice […]
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BSU shutters pro-police coffee shop; owner engaged to Boise cop shot five times on duty

By Dustin Hurst
October 28, 2020
Left-wing cancel culture has claimed a victim on Boise State University’s campus. Now, more than 20 students are out of work because student government officials successfully bullied a small business into shutting its doors.  A few weeks ago, Big City Coffee opened a second location in Boise, housed in Albertsons Library on the Boise State […]
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West Ada lawsuit is a necessary step against union power play

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
October 23, 2020
Attorneys Daniel Suhr and Edward Dindinger joined me on my podcast, The Hoff Time Report, to talk about this legal challenge. Hit "Play" below to listen to our discussion. It’s a shame that the union bosses in the West Ada School District thought it was a good idea to yank parents and students around with […]
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