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Lawsuit Challenges Common Core in Idaho

Christ Troupis, former candidate in 2014 for Attorney General has filed a constitutional lawsuit to remove the SBAC test, a Common Core requirement, from Idaho’s school system.

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Bad Bet on Gov. Otter’s Instant Racing Veto

On September 10, 2015, in a unanimous decision Idaho’s Supreme Court ruled that Governor Otter’s veto of the legislatures bill SB 1011 to ban instant horse racing terminals is invalid.

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Dear Governor Otter: Do Your Job

You were elected to a third term by the people of Idaho last year. They did not elect you to go on vacation for four years; they expected you to do your job. You said in your debate that you weren’t going to try and get our land back from the federal government.

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Liberal Media Scolds Rep. Scott for Promoting our 1st Amendment Rights

Betsy Russel, leftist reporter for the Spokesman Review, was asked by her handlers to write a hit piece on Representative Heather Scott R. Dist. 1 concerning a certain Confederate flag that was displayed on Representative Scott’s float for the Timber Days Celebration July 25th.

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How Much Nuclear Waste is Enough for Idaho?

In January of this year Governor Butch Otter backed a deal to bring more nuclear waste into the INL under protest by two former governors, Phil Batt and Cecil Andrus, who said the deal goes against an agreement made back in 1995 concerning spent nuclear waste at the INL.

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Obama’s Backdoor Gun Grab

We were reminded recently that Obama will do anything he can to grab guns legally or administratively. Idaho Republican State Representative Heather Scott brought this to the forefront just last week by defending the right of U.S. Navy Veteran John Arnold of Priest River when the Veterans Affairs office sent him a letter warning him […]

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Loss of Control in State Contracts Leads to Cronyism and Corruption

Bill Dentzer wrote a great article in the Idaho Statesman August 10th on Idaho’s system of awarding State Contracts, but what he didn’t cover was why no one has tried to fix this byzantine system of 40 years or more.

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Why Rep. DeMordaunt Would Not Hold a Hearing on Common Core

A bill to eliminate the mandatory SBAC test (central to the Common Core education program) never got a public hearing. You can thank Representative Reed DeMordaunt who was sent along with our other 104 legislators a petition from 35 Idaho organizations representing over 20,000 voters requesting a hearing on the SBAC test and Common Core.

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Integrity

The Merriam Webster’s definition of integrity – Firm adherence to a code of especially moral and artistic values: INCORRUPTIBILITY.

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Higher Taxes and Insurance Premiums: “Who to Thank”

I’m sad to say that Steve Ackerman and I were right about healthcare and insurance because it telling us that cronyism and collusion are alive and well in Idaho in the medical and insurance industry.

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Prisons and Politics: Does Anyone Really Care?

Can the IDOC actually effect change in our prison system? Now that the Idaho Department of Corrections has reclaimed our prisons to state management, is it time for prison reform? The Criminal Justice Reinvestment interim committee was scheduled to meet last December 17 to discuss when the criminal legislation they passed last year will be […]

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A Salute to Kevin Miller 580 KIDO

We at the Gem State Patriot have had the distinct pleasure of working with Kevin for three years both on and off the air and would like to take this opportunity to thank him for everything he does for this great Treasure Valley we live in. Kevin is one of the true believers, he is […]

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