Dear Friends: We at the Gem State Patriot are a not-for-profit service for the people of Idaho. We have been serving Idahoans for nine years and we seldom, if ever, ask for donations. Unfortunately, like so many other conservative organizations, we suffer from time to time from a lack of recognition of the services we […]
We elect people to office on the basis of what they promise they will do to help fix the problems that America is facing socially, financially, and materially. As Americans, we are expected to go to the polls on Election Day and vote for those who we feel are the most qualified. In today’s world, […]
Two items on Idaho’s November ballot drive this episode: Proposition 1, the initiative that would change Idaho’s abortion law, and HJR4, a constitutional amendment that would move drug law out of the initiative process. Both are examined less as isolated votes than as symptoms of a process the episode argues has stopped belonging to Idahoans. […]
Individuals, families, churches, and governments all require maintenance. We readily accept this principle when it comes to our homes and automobiles. Yet we often neglect it where it matters most: in the moral foundations that sustain our common life. A culture cannot indefinitely draw upon virtues it no longer teaches. Honesty, responsibility, restraint, courage, and justice […]
An Important Message from Representative Heather Scott I can’t imagine a child spending an entire childhood moving from foster home to foster home. Children need safety, stability, and people who love them. But I also cannot accept the idea of rushing a child away from his or her own family when a safe parent, grandparent, […]
Dear Friends, As a staunch defender of the Second Amendment, it’s always gratifying to share good news about our ongoing fight to preserve one of our most important individual constitutional rights. This month brought significant progress to take back ground for gun owners, lost in 1934 with the National Firearms Act. Effective October 9th, the […]
BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador is promoting community awareness and participation in the upcoming October 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its state and local partners. This initiative provides easy, anonymous opportunities to remove unused, expired, or leftover medicines in the home that are highly […]
Folks, we are coming down to the wire. Just one more week of early voting, and then Election Day will be here before we know it. Countless hours of campaigning, door knocking, phone banking, and millions of dollars in donations all come down to one final night. I’m so excited to see momentum turning against […]
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton’s warning remains one of the clearest statements ever written about the dangers of concentrated political authority. Its enduring importance lies in what it asks us to remember: No person, party, or institution is so virtuous that it can safely be trusted with unchecked power. […]
What about the Midterm election? It seems that the topic of daily discussion is all about AI and the midterm elections. So, I decided to ask my AI program to do some research and give me its opinion on how this midterm election may turn out. The first time I asked this question I didn’t […]
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. […]