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Nowhere To Hyde -- Dropping the Ball

23 hours ago

The 2024 Idaho legislative session gets a failing grade with several areas of needed improvement. On...

Nowhere To Hyde -- By the Numbers

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5 days ago

How can we tell if a particular policy is in keeping with the principles of limited government or no...

Fiscal Fridays: The results are in on budget...

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6 days ago

The 2024 legislative session was largely characterized by the budget fights. Headlining the spending...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Sound vs. Unsound

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1 week ago

From public policy like age appropriate materials in public libraries to real versus imaginary money...

Fiscal Fridays: Will you fund $5m in reckless...

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2 weeks ago

The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation "mistakenly" neglected to track their spending against the...

Two Cents: Should they stay or should they...

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2 weeks ago

There is a heated debate in the legislature this session about whether the Idaho Transportation Depa...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Accountability Counts

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2 weeks ago

From a $4.7 million fiscal "oopsie" to the unsubstantiated accusations of "hate" in N. Idaho, it's c...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Grooming for Dependency

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3 weeks ago

A bill to made summer EBT cards available to Idaho kids permanently has been killed in the Idaho Sen...

Two Cents: Idahoans no longer subsidizing drug abuse

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3 weeks ago

Most Idahoans would be surprised to learn that the Gem State had a needle exchange program like its ...

Two Cents: Free food for all?

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3 weeks ago

The Idaho Senate killed another welfare program designed to get kids dependent on the federal dole. ...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Games Politicians Play

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3 weeks ago

How does a single committee chair prevent so many bills from ever being heard, much less debated or ...

Fiscal Fridays Short: How Bitcoin helps rural Idahoans

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4 weeks ago

Did you know that Bitcoin can help rural Idahoans? It's true! Niklas Kleinworth and Dennis Porter ex...

Fiscal Fridays: Addicted to Federal Money

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4 weeks ago

Idaho's politicians are addicted to federal money, and it is getting worse. There are several pieces...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Watch What They Do

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4 weeks ago

Idaho legislators can be very convincing at sounding like they're conservative but the real measure ...

Capitol Clarity Week 11: Dr. Ryan Cole

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4 weeks ago

Three years ago, Dr. Ryan Cole warned us about the dangers of mandatory vaccines. History has prove...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Power Struggles

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4 weeks ago

Good bills that protect your freedoms and limit government are being killed in committee at the behe...

Fiscal Friday Short: Central Bank Digital Currencies #idleg...

109 Views
4 weeks ago

The so-called "central bank digital currency" is a threat to freedom and liberty. Free markets and f...

Professor Ron explains the free market #idleg #idpol...

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4 weeks ago

Professor Ron Nate of the Idaho Freedom Foundation explains why markets work but government doesn't....

Fiscal Fridays: Ever Expanding Welfare

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1 month ago

The expansion of socialism is not just limited to blue states. This legislative session Idaho Republ...

Nowhere to Hyde -- Getting Medicaid Under Control

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1 month ago

Medicaid is the single biggest budget item that legislators must deal with. Who is looking out for t...

Professor Ron explains why stabilization funds are bad...

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1 month ago

Stabilization funds are bad for government and bad for Idaho. Professor Ron explains:...

Capitol Clarity Week 10: Health Freedom & The...

212 Views
1 month ago

There is no greater freedom than that of your own health and bodily autonomy. Yet that fundamental f...

Nowhere To Hyde -- The Mask Comes Off

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1 month ago

RINO legislators aren't even pretending to be conservative in their votes, despite this being an ele...

Fred Birnbaum testifies against House Bill 633, extending...

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1 month ago

Fred Birnbaum testified against House Bill 633 in a Senate committee on Tuesday. This bill would aut...

Professor Ron explains "free public education" #idpol #idleg...

554 Views
1 month ago

Did you know that "free public education" is part of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto? It's true! Pr...

Nowhere To Hyde -- What's Yours Is Ours

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1 month ago

The sense of entitlement show by some politicians and special interests is nauseating. From illegal ...

How Bitcoin helps the grid

479 Views
1 month ago

Bitcoin mining is good for the economy and the power grid. Let’s defend it. Dennis Porter and Nikl...

What is Bitcoin?

96 Views
1 month ago

What is Bitcoin, anyway? Why is it important? Niklas Kleinworth and Dennis Porter explain....

Capitol Clarity Week 9: The Idaho Freedom Index

160 Views
1 month ago

The Freedom Index is the national gold standard for holding lawmakers accountable. Bills are scored ...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Systems or People?

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1 month ago

From last weekend's Idaho GOP caucus to school choice and illegal immigration, we're left wondering ...

Nowhere To Hyde -- The Raucous Caucus

132 Views
2 months ago

Should principles or personalities be the dynamic driving policy-making? Learn what's happening in t...

Fiscal Fridays: Fiscal freedom on the move

250 Views
2 months ago

Fiscal freedom is on the move in Idaho, with two bills dealing with Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and C...

Capitol Clarity Week 8: Free Speech Extravaganza

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2 months ago

Idaho Freedom Foundation presents a free speech extravaganza at Capitol Clarity this week. Join Heat...

Niklas Kleinworth testifies in favor of H585

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2 months ago

IFF policy director Niklas Kleinworth testified in favor of House Bill 585 on Thursday, February 29....

Niklas Kleinworth testifies in favor of H617

52 Views
2 months ago

So-called harm reduction programs enable risky behavior and force taxpayers to subsidize illegal act...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Con Artists and Con-Cons

69 Views
2 months ago

Why do so many "fact-checkers" and misinformation experts lean so hard to the left? Also, could we t...

Fred Birnbaum testifies against Senate Bill 1356

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2 months ago

Fred Birnbaum testified against S1356 in Senate State Affairs on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. This ...

Fred Birnbaum testifies in favor of House Joint...

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2 months ago

Fred Birnbaum, legislative affairs director for the Idaho Freedom Foundation, delivered a fiery test...

Ron Nate testifies against House Joint Resolution 2

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2 months ago

Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, testifies against HJR2. This resolution propose...

Fred Birnbaum testifies against S1371

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2 months ago

IFF's Fred Birnbaum testifies against Senate Bill 1371, which would consolidate presidential and sta...

Fiscal Fridays: Bitcoin Policy with Dennis Porter

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2 months ago

IFF policy director Niklas Kleinworth sits down with Dennis Porter of Satoshi Action to discuss Bitc...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Keeping It Complicated

71 Views
2 months ago

A bill to keep obscene material away from minors in library settings failed by a single vote yesterd...

Capitol Clarity Week 7: The State of Gun...

220 Views
2 months ago

Greg Pruett is the founder and president of the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, an organization tha...

Two Cents: Where's the Money?

471 Views
2 months ago

The Legislature appropriated $330 million to public schools a few years ago. But now it seems nobody...

Nowhere To Hyde -- The Establishment Strikes Back

197 Views
2 months ago

Why are members of the establishment gunning for IDGOP leader Dorothy Moon and why is the media chee...

Two Cents: Where did the extra money go?

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2 months ago

What could you do with an extra $270? Save it, buy some groceries, maybe take your family out to eat...

Nowhere To Hyde -- Muddying the Water

96 Views
2 months ago

Most legacy media outlets in Idaho seem determined to confuse voters about the upcoming GOP presiden...

Capitol Clarity Week 6: Addressing Idaho's Physician Shortage

127 Views
2 months ago

We have heard that Idaho has a dangerous shortage of doctors and nurses, and we have a plan to fix i...

Nowhere To Hyde -- We Can Do Whatever...

100 Views
2 months ago

Sen. Chuck Winder says the quiet part out loud as we examine why politicians prefer ruling over to s...

Two Cents: The budget process finally moves forward

260 Views
2 months ago

JFAC finally passed some of the first line item budgets of the year, but they were a mixed bag when ...

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