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Gov. Little Wins on Paper, Fails on Economics

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.
December 11, 2024
Gov. Brad Little’s latest public relations blast may have gotten a “Wow” out of Elon Musk, but we at the Idaho Freedom Foundation are not as impressed. We know more about what the graph, depicting the number of pages of regulation cut throughout the past two decades, truly shows and how it came about. This […]
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If Voters Demanded a Conservative Mandate, Idaho’s Senate Didn’t Get the Memo

By Fred Birnbaum
December 9, 2024
One of the first things that stood out after President Trump’s recent election was his willingness to ignore official Washington elites with his selection of Cabinet posts and advisors. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for Health and Human Services, Jayanta Bhattacharya to head the National Institutes of Health, and Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense […]
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Luma: Unpacking Another Failing System

By Fred Birnbaum
November 27, 2024
During the recent Joint Finance-Appropriation Committee fall review, a segment was devoted to a post-mortem of the troubled $200 million plus state Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, known as Luma. As it turns out, Luma is going to be a net loss for Idaho taxpayers. While a reasonably thorough report was issued by the Office […]
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What Happened with ISU and Bannock County Lab Money? — Anatomy of a Malfeasance?

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.
November 26, 2024
By all appearances, officials of Bannock County and Idaho State University (ISU) colluded to keep control over $850,000 of state money and are using it like a slush fund, even though the law requires them to return unspent appropriated money to the state. The Idaho Legislature appropriated $900,000 for operating expenses for the East Idaho […]
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Voters Sent a Message to Politicians This November, But the Cronies Missed the Memo

By Niklas Kleinworth
November 20, 2024
Voters made their voices loud and clear. It won’t be business as usual in American politics next year, and that includes Idaho. But the special interests who controlled the political landscape in our state for so long appear to have missed the memo. Last week, virtually the entire Idaho Legislature gathered in North Idaho to […]
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How Idaho Can Be at the Forefront of an Educational Renaissance

By Samuel T. Lair
November 19, 2024
Among the biggest misconceptions concerning educational freedom is that it does nothing more than provide families with the choice between different vendors for the same product. This view tacitly accepts the parameters set by the education establishment and presumes that the competition between public, charter, and private schools is about which of these institutions is […]
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Idaho Health Board Ends State-Funded COVID Vaccine — Now It’s Time for Others to Follow Suit

By Niklas Kleinworth
November 14, 2024
The Southwest District Board of Health recently became the first in the nation to stop providing government-subsidized COVID-19 vaccinations. This move recognizes the extent of public distrust of the vaccine and saves hundreds of thousands in taxpayer funds as a bonus. Now, it is time for Idaho’s remaining health districts — and others across the […]
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Citizens' Committee Provides 22% Pay Raise to Legislators by Picking a Number from Thin Air

By Fred Birnbaum
November 11, 2024
When members of the Citizens’ Committee on Legislative Compensation got down to brass tacks, it took them just 17 minutes of discussion and votes to decide on a pay raise for legislators and legislative leaders. The decision, which seemed to come from nowhere, means the largest pay raise in several decades.  The committee met early […]
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Don’t Overthink or Overpay Idaho’s Citizen-Legislature

By Ronald M. Nate, Ph.D.
November 9, 2024
You can’t cut government by growing government, and you can’t save taxpayer money by spending more money on government employees. And yet that’s what some politicians want to impose on Idaho. They have taken their eyes off the ball.  What Idaho truly needs now is budget restraint, grocery tax repeal, school choice, immigration reform, and […]
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Group of Incoming Lawmakers, Led by Zito and Zuiderveld, Announce Plan to Kill Politician Pay Hike

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
November 8, 2024
A group of incoming legislators announced Friday they plan to kill a pay hike for lawmakers approved by the Citizens’ Committee on Legislative Compensation earlier this week.  The group, led by Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld of Twin Falls and Sen.-elect Christy Zito, said they will advance a resolution to reject the proposed pay hike on the […]
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Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho Freedom Action Joint Statement on the Failure of Proposition 1

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
November 6, 2024
On Wednesday, in light of Idaho's election results, Idaho Freedom Foundation and Idaho Freedom Action President Ronald M. Nate released the following statement: “The people of Idaho have spoken: Proposition 1, the attempt by out-of-state leftists to rig our elections, has failed.  This initiative was initially placed on our ballot by organizations who deceived Idahoans […]
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Dishonest Prop 1 Backers Have Not Made Compelling Case

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
November 4, 2024
After the backers of Proposition 1 secured the initiative’s spot on the ballot earlier this year, the game changed. It became, at that moment, their job to sell a wholesale redrawing of Idaho’s tried-and-true election processes to hundreds of thousands of voters.  They have largely failed to do so, even after raising millions of dollars […]
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