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Tax cuts should be on the table in January

By Fred Birnbaum
November 8, 2023
It has been several months since the Division of Financial Management released the latest data on how much taxes the state has collected. The agency isn’t hiding the data; it was just a function of getting the state’s new Luna software to sync with the Tax Commission. We don’t have all of the numbers because […]
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Little’s Supreme Court appointment of Cynthia Meyer is probably mostly about gender

By Wayne Hoffman
November 6, 2023
All this time, I put former Attorney General Lawrence Wasden as the odds-on favorite for being added to the state Supreme Court. He was Gov. Brad Little's bootlicking footsoldier, especially during the time of COVID, giving the governor unchallenged authority to unilaterally change laws, spend money without the approval of the Legislature, and ignore the […]
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Jim Jones' views of the state's judicial system are extremist

By Wayne Hoffman
November 3, 2023
"Idaho has a remarkable judiciary," shouts the headline in Jim Jones' latest column, "We can't let extremists ruin it." If only. If Idaho's judiciary was so wonderful, would the Idaho Judicial Council, the panel responsible for picking the state's judges and justices: Isn't defense of these actions itself extremist? Most people would say so. In […]
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Here are the judicial interviews state officials don’t want you to see

By Wayne Hoffman
October 31, 2023
Thanks to one of our friends, the Idaho Freedom Foundation managed to get a copy of the Idaho Judicial Council’s “interviews” with candidates to be Idaho’s next Supreme Court justice. And as expected, the interviews aren’t very illuminating. We are posting them HERE for posterity, as the council deleted the videos from its YouTube page […]
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Another year of lousy school test results proves state officials aren’t interested in “accountability” 

By Wayne Hoffman
October 31, 2023
Opponents of education choice keep using the same word over and over: accountability. They say, “If taxpayer money is to go to private schools (or basically anything that is not controlled by government), government needs to hold those schools accountable for their performance.” This is the go-to talking point for Republican Rep. Julie Yamamoto, the […]
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State panel deletes video record of Supreme Court candidate interviews 

By Wayne Hoffman
October 23, 2023
One more note on the Idaho Judicial Council: Having watched a few of the interviews conducted Wednesday with some of the candidates for the Idaho Supreme Court, I'd say the council is more concerned with how prospective justices would protect the court's image than with their legal philosophy.  For example, no one is really asking […]
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Powerful lobbyists help decide who Idaho's next Supreme Court justice will be

By Wayne Hoffman
October 20, 2023
If you're looking for a stellar example of how totally screwed up Idaho's government is and how special interests not only have a seat at the table but are the table, then feast your eyes on the Idaho Judicial Council, the group that recommends to the governor the names of people to fill court vacancies.  […]
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Idaho Health Agency Boss Needs To Go Following Embarrassing Audit

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.
October 18, 2023
It’s been almost two months since legislative auditors revealed that Gov. Brad Little’s administration forced taxpayers to pay for programs that the Legislature considered too woke to support, and yet so far no one has been held accountable. Nor has it been made clear: Was it malfeasance or misfeasance that contributed to the misallocation of […]
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The Untold Truth About The History Of Public Schools

By Anna Miller
October 16, 2023
The history of public schools is steeped in anti-Catholic bigotry, conformity, political fights, and low academic achievement for students. It's no wonder families are demanding school choice.
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Lack of Affordable Daycare is a Symptom of Government Failure

By Wayne Hoffman
October 12, 2023
A recent article from the lefty Idaho Capital Sun was all about the troubles states are having with their childcare systems despite having propped up daycare with tons of cash during the COVID mess — the mess being the government’s creation of the virus and the worldwide decisions of government entities to shut down the […]
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Earth medicines heal where politicians fail

By Wayne Hoffman
October 11, 2023
When I tell people that I spend my vacations in Mexico, they think that I’m sitting on a beach sipping margaritas and frolicking in the blue waters of the Caribbean. But for the last few years, a better portrait of these excursions involves me sitting in the jungle, pouring the contents of my guts into […]
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Government funding for harm reduction projects is not about reducing harm

By Niklas Kleinworth
September 28, 2023
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is struggling to redirect federal funds from woke nonprofits to people who would actually benefit.  This funding debacle is delaying community access to Narcan — a drug used to reverse opioid overdoses — and caused a stir in the media this week. But the debate over publicly funding […]
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