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At What Price Growth and Who Should Pay for it?

I want to personally thank Senator Brian Lenney for making known the problems that Idahoans will face if indeed this Micron FAB is permitted to be built under the auspices of 18-year-old legislation never used for the purpose it was written. This will leave Idaho’s citizens to once again pick up the tab for Idaho […]

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More Government Centralization

Many Americans realize that citizens lost control over the government decades ago. It seems there is nothing left to rob from them, freedoms have been taken, rights are usurped, speech is targeted. What is left is just threads of what was once the greatest country on earth. Just three days before Thanksgiving in 2025, when […]

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Trump’s Beef Announcement That Influences the Character of Our Nation

When President Trump recently announced that local ranchers could process their own beef, it sparked several important conversations. Local conversations in Idaho are generally positive, as most Idahoans see the existing beef industry as being overregulated. However, there are some who do not see it that way. I see this as a pattern to change […]

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Op-Ed: Prop 1 Is About Abortion, Not Healthcare

There was a time in American history when human beings were not considered to be fully human. Southern plantation owners saw African slaves as property, having the same value as an ox or horse. Southern politicians did their best to avoid talking about the actual horrors of chattel slavery, preferring instead to use euphemisms like […]

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Idaho parents deserve the full story

I am writing this first as a mom. I am a mother who has sent her children into Idaho’s public education system and trusted that system to teach them, support them and prepare them for their futures. I am also a mother whose child struggled deeply within that system. That experience eventually led me into […]

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Labrador Letter: Honoring Nine Idahoans for their Heroism

Dear Friends, This week, I was honored and humbled to present the Idaho Medal of Honor to nine recipients – law enforcement and firefighters – for acts of courage that went far beyond what their jobs required. Given what society already demands of these public servants on an average day, their actions speak volumes about their […]

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Fulcher Signs On to Bill Protecting Idahoans’ Privacy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 31, 2026CONTACT: Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released the following statement after co-sponsoring H.R. 9716, the Protecting Rights in Video and Equipment Acquired Discovery (PRIVACY) Act. “I’m proud to sign on to this legislation to protect the privacy rights of Idahoans from increasingly intrusive surveillance data collection and to […]

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You Think Affordability is Trump’s Fault? Think Again

I constantly hear on the news from both conservative and liberal media that Americans are complaining about unaffordability and how families are struggling to make ends meet under the Trump Administration. Well, it is high time that middle America woke up and discovered that it is not Trump’s fault that things are unaffordable. The left […]

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HJR 4, Legislative Authority Over Drugs

In my class, I like to ask students a simple question: what’s the first word in the US Constitution after the Preamble? Most guess wrong. Look it up yourself — it’s “All.” The full sentence: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.” Not most. Not some, subject […]

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Op-Ed: Idahoans Should Reject the Culture of Death

Proponents of abortion, and of Proposition 1 here in Idaho, want to steer the conversation toward vague concepts of healthcare, freedom, choice, and rare edge cases while avoiding the obvious: abortion is the deliberate destruction of a human life. Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg of a deep sickness in modern culture. […]

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Op-Ed: Arson of the American West

I have lived in Idaho my entire life. I’d tell you about its unmatched beauty, its tight-knit communities and the peace and safety we’re blessed to have, but that would encourage more people to move here and we have more than enough people moving in as it is. In Fact, the only thing that prevents […]

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What May Not Be Known About Data Centers

Like flock cameras, data centers are the latest issue for opposition.  Among many issues, their massive use of water resources, excessive need for electricity, and of course, their purpose of storing and analyzing data that citizens are being robbed of are all at the top of the list for opposition.  But these centers are behind […]

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