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Labrador Letter – Idaho Lands in Idaho Hands

Dear Friends, This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not hear a Utah public lands lawsuit filed in August of 2024 to move undesignated Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands to individual state control. This decision was made without consideration of the constitutional merits of the case. I filed an amicus brief […]

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IDGOP Winter Meeting

The Idaho Republican Party (IDGOP) State Central Committee meets every 6 months to receive reports from our party officers and to consider new rules and resolutions. The Winter Meeting was held last week in Boise and was well attended. The IDGOP State Central Committee (SCC) is the ultimate authority for the Idaho Republican Party. The […]

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Sadly, We Told You So

This article is compliments of the Idaho Freedom Foundation Monday, we gave a rundown of what Gov. Brad Little should say and what he likely would say in his annual State of the State address for Idaho. Unfortunately, we got very little of what he “should say,” and we were mostly correct on what he […]

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Governor Little is Dodging DOGE in Idaho

This article is compliments of the Idaho Freedom Foundation “Idaho was DOGE before DOGE was cool.” That was Gov. Little yesterday in his State of the State address, and subsequent press conference, invoking the now “infamous” DOGE, the Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy led Department of Government Efficiency. Let’s give the governor his due on […]

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Labrador Letter: 2024 Recap

Dear Friends, 2024 was a great year for the Office of the Attorney General and I want to share some of the accomplishments we have delivered for the people of Idaho over the last year. Every day brings a new and interesting challenge, and the diversity and complexity of issues can be staggering. But regardless […]

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School Choice

I have written several articles locally on school choice in North Idaho; The CDA Press had another column by the esteemed Jim Jones who, in his own mind, is an expert on everything. He is the same person four years ago said that Ivermectin was just “horse paste” in a column. Of course we know […]

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Immigration Sanity

America is a land of immigrants, which isn’t unique as this can be said about virtually every nation. Unless your ZIP Code is The Garden of Eden, we are all either immigrants or descended from immigrants. Beginning with the first humans, we have roamed the entire planet and now, facilitated by our technology, occupy every […]

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2025 Idaho GOP Winter Meeting Resolutions Review

The 2025 Winter Meeting of the Idaho Republican Party is just around the corner, taking place January 3rd and 4th at the Riverside Hotel in Boise. This event brings together members of the State Central Committee (SCC), including the County Chair, State Committeeman, State Committeewoman, State Youth Committeeman, the Executive Board, and Legislative District Chairs, […]

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Government Opacity

Much of what our government does is designed to hide the truth. The bureaucrats, lobbyists and lawyers that actually run the government act as if they don’t want you to see or know how they are performing, by design. I say “design” because if the true goal was transparency then we would see the system […]

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Turning Point’s Impact on Young Adult Engagement

This past weekend, the energy inside the Phoenix Convention Center was electrifying. I had the privilege of joining fellow Idahoans at Turning Point’s 2024 AmericaFest (AmFest), an incredible event that united over 20,000 patriots. Once again, it proved why it stands as the largest conservative movement in America. For young adults eager to engage in […]

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Labrador Letter: Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends, Christmas is almost upon us and our year is drawing to a close. We are now surrounded by the beautiful decorations of the yuletide season, along with the stress – the frantic shopping, the wrapping, the baking and cooking, the social gatherings, and all the exhausting obligations we place on ourselves. Most of […]

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Back to College

On Tuesday it was my great honor to participate in the Electoral College as one of Idaho’s four electors. Most people have heard about the Electoral College, with the path to 270, and have heard pundits praise and bemoan its existence. But how does it all work and how does someone become an elector? The […]

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