Wayne Hoffman, Author at Gem State Patriot News

August 30, 2020 3 Responses

Special session success overshadowed by Senate’s failure to end Covid emergency

Idaho’s special legislative session produced a giant victory over interest groups. The interest groups desperately wanted businesses to enforce government mandates in exchange for the coveted prize of immunity from lawsuits. However, the lawsuit immunity bill that ultimately passed —...

August 8, 2020 No Responses

Idahoans: Act today to oppose Covid-19 immunity legislation

Idahoans should promptly tell lawmakers and Gov. Brad Little to reject a civil liability proposal that is expected to become the centerpiece of a special legislative session planned for the week of Aug. 24. The proposal would basically allow the...

April 1, 2016 No Responses

Freedom Foundation releases final 2016 Freedom Index scores

Boise, Idaho — Fulfilling its mission to hold lawmakers accountable for their votes, on Wednesday the Idaho Freedom Foundation released its final Freedom Index. The Freedom Index serves as Idaho’s only scorecard to keep legislators accountable when the...

July 1, 2015 No Responses

Idaho Freedom Foundation Sounds the Alarm

Idaho is under attack, and we are sounding the alarm. I thought long and hard this weekend about how I would tell you this, but there’s no other way to say it: the progressives are coming for Idaho.

May 15, 2015 No Responses

Opinion: Otter’s Child Support Bill is Still Flawed

Reprinted with permission, The original can be found at IdahoReporter.com. In a matter of days, state lawmakers return to Boise for an extraordinary session of the Legislature, where they will be asked to vote on a bill, as Gov. Butch...