Every two years, Idaho voters choose who will represent them in the Legislature. That choice is especially consequential in our state’s most competitive districts. Voters in Moscow, west Boise, Pocatello, and Sun Valley will decide whether to continue on the path of faith, family, and freedom or take a detour toward division, destruction, and socialism. […]
Dear Friends, Parents make important decisions about their children’s health and well-being every day. Idaho’s Medical Freedom Act protects their ability to make those decisions without automatically losing access to childcare, schools, jobs, or other services. A recent federal court ruling upheld that principle in a challenge brought by a Boise-area daycare and three parents […]
BOISE, ID – Attorney General Raúl Labrador is warning Idahoans about the increasing number of scams involving Idaho Power Company and electrical services in the state. Currently, Idaho Power has almost 400 customer accounts that have experienced fraudulent activity, including unauthorized service requests, fraudulent payment processing, customer impersonation, and unauthorized changes to customer account information. […]
BOISE, ID—Attorney General Raúl Labrador today announced a lawsuit against OpenAI for harms caused to Idaho children, deceiving parents, and violations of the Idaho Consumer Protection Act. The Idaho Consumer Protection Act prohibits false, deceptive, or misleading representations, as well as deceptive advertising, pricing, or contracts. The action against OpenAI was filed in Idaho’s Fourth […]
Idaho Taxes Bread at 6%. It Caps Billion-Dollar Factories at $400 Million Idaho taxes a low-income family’s groceries at the full sales tax rate. It exempts a billion-dollar factory’s value above $400 million. Both are policy choices, as one side’s cost falls on the other. The Short Version Idaho is one of a shrinking group […]
Where did it all start? Computers, data collection, data storage, artificial intelligence data analysis, advanced data collection technology, interoperability for sharing data between computers, data centers to store more data. With such “investments“ by the government in these new technologies the government now has to take action to protect all of it. Now that the […]
We’ve been here before. Less than four weeks before an election that could change the course of our nation’s future, all the talking heads are telling you to give up. It’s over, they say. Democrats will win the House, and probably the Senate too. President Trump will be impeached, and the MAGA agenda is dead. […]
Dear Friends, I recently traveled to Burley and had the opportunity to meet with Simply Hope Family Outreach and tour their new facility under construction. Simply Hope Family Outreach started in Burley in 2015 after a local family nearly lost their son to an overdose. The founders of Simply Hope decided that other families should […]
BOISE, ID – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador released a list of 51 hazardous products subject to a federal recall from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for the month of September. These recalled products include mattresses, household appliances and furniture, and seventeen items specifically designed for infants and children. The September list ironically includes […]
If technocracy is not studied it may be difficult to understand how it works and affects everyone, but China offers a clue. While China is often perceived as a communist state, it is really run by one political party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP controls everything and dissent is not tolerated, no opposition […]
With just over a month to go until Election Day, Idahoans are getting fired up to vote. Absentee ballots are already in the mail, early voting starts in just two weeks, and voters are preparing to decide the most important questions of the day. Chief among those questions is whether or not Idaho will turn […]
Dear Friends, The Ninth Circuit recently ruled that a medical center employee’s sincerely held belief did not count as religion, even though the court never questioned her sincerity. Its rulings bind every federal court in Idaho, which is why I led a coalition of 18 states, Puerto Rico, and the Arizona Legislature in asking the […]