Better or worse? How can we know? The 2025 legislative session is done and our citizen legislators have come home. We thank them for their service. We will hear stories of the bills that were passed, the problems solved, and the issues addressed. Some will say it was a good session, perhaps even great, while […]
Dear Friends, Most people don’t spend their days reading court filings or coalition letters from attorneys general—and I don’t blame them. But behind those filings is where we do some of our most important work defending Idaho’s values, protecting our freedoms, and standing up to overreach. So in this week’s Labrador Letter, I want to […]
When most people think about elections, they think of presidential contests, gubernatorial races, or seats in Congress. These big, flashy campaigns dominate the headlines. But some of the most consequential decisions affecting our communities don’t come from Washington, or even from Boise. They come from local boards and commissions elected in so-called “off-cycle” elections. Less […]
People who are pushing a false narrative about the February Town Hall are trying to distract you with irrelevant Strawman arguments. To get a neutral answer I asked the Grok AI a clear question. Here is the question and the answer: In Idaho if you have rented a high school auditorium to hold an event […]
BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador has joined a letter with 14 other attorneys general urging the Business Roundtable, an association of the nation’s leading companies, to abandon their unlawful and misguided DEI initiative. Many of the Roundtable’s members have replaced free-market principles with costly and divisive DEI policies against the guidance of the Supreme Court. The […]
BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador has sent the following letter to Boise Mayor Lauren McLean addressing the City’s ongoing violation of Idaho’s recently enacted House Bill 96 prohibiting the display of unauthorized flags by cities or other governmental entities on government property. The letter reads: Dear Mayor McLean: As you are aware, the Idaho Legislature […]
What should be the consequence if a law enforcement officer concealed the truth to facilitate an arrest? Sadly, the information age has done little to bring us closer to the truth. In many ways the truth is difficult to ascertain because it is shrouded in lies. People with agendas and ulterior motives will confuse or […]
This week, Idaho received a special visit from the strange world of Blue America. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York seem to be pretty popular on the left, despite promoting a tired, discredited ideology with rhetoric lifted straight from the 1960s. They parachuted into Nampa to deliver a sermon […]
Idaho HB 24 would have “established labeling requirements for alternative animal protein products sold in Idaho, such as lab-grown meat and insect-based proteins.” Rep. Scott presented it to the House Agricultural Affairs Committee on January 16, 2025, and Rep. Garner made a motion to introduce it. On February 4, 2025 HB 24 was again discussed […]
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them.” Albert Einstein You don’t have to be an Einstein to know that the people who solve problems are different than the people who create the problems. We just experienced this in real time and at scale. The Biden Administration created the […]
Dear Friends, Illegal immigration isn’t just a problem for South Texas, Arizona, or California. It’s a national crisis—and Idaho is feeling the impact. Trafficking routes stretch from both the southern and northern borders into every region of the country, and our communities are not immune. Here in Idaho, we’ve seen the consequences of the last […]
[BOISE] – Today, Attorney General Raúl Labrador and the 51 attorneys general of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force notified nine voice service providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route allegedly unlawful robocalls across their networks. These warning letters include information about the task force’s investigation and analysis […]