The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) has released its list of recommended candidates for the May 19 Primary. The list is available at KCRCC.com. The KCRCC is made up of Precinct Committeemen who are elected every two years by the residents of each of the 74 precincts in Kootenai County. Because of this, the […]
As everyone is aware, Idaho has been experiencing growth issues from California, Oregon, Washington, and other state escapees. There has been widespread growth throughout different parts of the state, and Eastern Idaho is no exception. This has allegedly placed pressure and demands for affordable housing. The City of Blackfoot has been busy over the last few […]
Everybody has an opinion, and that is especially true around election time. Voters are bombarded with signs, texts, mailers, and social media ads designed to change their views on one candidate or another. Some of these messages are substantive—sharing an incumbent’s voting record or explaining what a challenger will do differently—but others are nothing more […]
Dear Friends, In 2021, Gregory Pheasant was arrested for riding a dirt bike without a taillight on federal land near Reno, Nevada. A federal district court dismissed the charges, ruling that Congress had violated the Constitution by letting the Bureau of Land Management decide what conduct is criminal without defining the crimes themselves. However, the […]
There may be those who have some general recognition of terms like the United Nations (UN) Agenda 21 or 2030, the World Economic Forum (WEF), or perhaps even the Great Reset. Sustainable Development Goals might be familiar language to others. Some may even have a deeper knowledge of what these terms or organizations are about. […]
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” George Bernard Shaw I’m an inventor by trade. The bulk of my day involves creating things that never before existed, solving problems in ways others did not […]
Our legislative process is meant to play out in plain view—in public committee hearings, open floor sessions, and recorded votes. But one of the most consequential parts often happens quietly, behind closed doors: when committee chairmen choose not to schedule bills for a hearing, effectively killing them without fanfare, public input, or a vote. “Drawering” […]
Dear Friends, A federal district court in Alaska recently ordered state prison officials to refer an inmate for sex-change surgery consultation. The judge acknowledged that Alaska’s doctors had sound medical reasons for not recommending the consultation, but he felt legally bound by a flawed court precedent to overrule them anyway. Idaho joined Indiana in leading […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador, together with Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, and a coalition of 24 total states, has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strongly arguing that the Eighth Amendment does not require states to provide prisoners with risky, controversial, and medically debated sex-change surgeries. The case, Emalee […]
Under the Biden administration, a “whole of government“ approach was taken to run the government in several areas such as climate change, energy, environment, and many others. A major focus was the U.S. Global Health Security Strategy (GHSS) with an emphasis on preventing and responding to infectious disease. Federal agencies collectively perceived themselves serving as […]
In Idaho’s one-party landscape, the Republican primary has become the only election that truly decides most races. Democrats (or moderates with Democratic-leaning views) increasingly recognize that running as a Democrat in the general election is often futile. Idaho has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2002. Republicans hold a supermajority in the Legislature […]
You know, there might be nothing more important than private property. Those of us who have chosen to build our lives far from the cities understand that better than most. I live on a mountain in Custer County, on one of the few plots of land that isn’t owned by the state or federal government. […]