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Bill description: SB 1241 would establish a process for reimbursing the fines and fees a defendant might have paid due to a criminal conviction if that conviction is vacated (i.e., nullified). Rating: +1 Does it in any way restrict public access to information related to government activity or otherwise compromise government transparency or accountability? Conversely, […]
Bill description: HB 447 reforms the procedures for seizure of civil assets by law enforcement. Rating: +5 Does it in any way restrict public access to information related to government activity or otherwise compromise government transparency or accountability? Conversely, does it increase public access to information related to government activity or increase government transparency or […]
Bill description: HB 405 would repeal the 1939 Unfair Sales Act, which prohibits businesses from selling their wares at anything less than a six percent margin. Rating: +2 Does it give government any new, additional, or expanded power to prohibit, restrict, or regulate activities in the free market? Conversely, does it eliminate or reduce government […]
After Butch Otter was abducted by aliens and replaced with a replicant (estimated to have occurred sometime around 2008), he’s been increasingly creative with the ways in which he injects government into our lives. This is especially true in healthcare. Five years ago, the Otter replicant convinced the Idaho Legislature to start a state health […]
Imagine this scenario: You’re catching up on the latest news. You learn that your mayor or legislator has made a major decision with which you disagree. Frustrated, you decide to run for office. It’s a long shot. Incumbents have advantages. Name identification. Money. Clout. Connections. Winning seems implausible, but you believe good government requires accountability, […]
Every year since 2012, I have written and complained about Idaho’s Depression-era law that hurts businesses and consumers. Here it is again: In 1939, the Idaho Legislature passed the Unfair Sales Act. That statute says, “The practice of selling certain items of merchandise below cost in order to attract patronage is a deceptive form of […]
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently called out Boise State University, among other colleges, for suppressing free speech. “The American university was once the center of academic freedom — a place of robust debate, a forum for the competition of ideas,” Sessions said. “But it is transforming into an echo chamber of political correctness and […]
Republican candidates for Idaho governor are split on whether a type of gambling should be allowed to resume in the Gem State. Lt. Gov. Brad Little and Boise businessman Tommy Ahlquist said they would re-authorize a form of horse race betting that the Legislature banned in 2015, while U.S Rep. Raul Labrador says he’s committing […]
Gov. Butch Otter surprised and disappointed many when he vetoed House Bill 139, which would have allowed Idaho makeup artists to continue supplying their services and talents to brides at weddings, beauty contestants at pageants and actors on film sets. But, there’s some hopeful news on the horizon: All three Republican candidates for governor say […]
On Thursday, Idaho Falls attorney Bryan Smith urged Idaho Supreme Court justices to uphold the state constitution and void Gov. Butch Otter’s untimely veto of the grocery tax repeal. His argument was one of the best I’ve seen in a very long time, and it was simple and sincere: The state constitution says the governor […]
Jim Patrick went to the mat for Idaho’s makeup artists, for that he’s a champion. Patrick is the Republican chairman of the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee. Several weeks ago he had scheduled a March 21 meeting to hear a House-passed bill that would update the archaic state cosmetology regulations. Makeup artists and other […]
A bill that will soon be on its way to the governor promises a small but important change to the way the state’s pension system operates. Rep. Steve Harris, R-Meridian, sponsored the legislation, which passed the House unanimously Feb. 22 and cleared a Senate editing process with one inconsequential change and very little fanfare. This […]
