WASHINGTON, D.C. — H.R. 1450, “Treating Tribes & Counties as Good Neighbor Authority Act,” passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, September 14th, 2023, on a voice vote. H.R. 1450 will modify the Good Neighbor Authority to allow counties and Tribes to retain timber receipts from authorized restoration projects. H.R. 1450 is […]
Boise, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced today a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe’s advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation. The multistate investigation—which included 41 states and the District of Columbia—revealed that Tempoe’s marketing and sales practices often misled consumers to believe they were signing […]
The way we have voted for people who hold public office in our country has changed many times over the past 246 years, since the signing of our Great Declaration of Independence. Our form of government changed from a “Confederation of States” under the Articles of Confederation—which had a unicameral legislature and a very weak […]
There was a time when I considered myself a good friend of Butch Otter’s. Our paths haven’t crossed recently, and I hope that will change soon. We shared a common friend who was close to both of us and who recently passed away. If Butch Otter was your friend, you were lucky. He is loyal—almost […]
I have been saying for many years that Idaho is no longer the Reddest of the Red states as attested to by a recent article in the conservative “Daily Wire”. Read the article here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-lawmakers-vote-for-leftism-in-lockstep-while-republicans-routinely-abandon-conservatism-analysis-finds Idahoans need to think hard about voting for someone just because a candidate has an R in front of their […]
For Immediate Release from the Idaho Freedom Caucus The Idaho Senate Republican Caucus says they’ve reached 60% support for a special session on the presidential primary. However, it’s crucial to emphasize they achieved this number by relying on the unanimous support of every Senate Democrat. In other words, without the backing of the Democrats, they […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 29, 2023 Press Contact: Senator Scott HerndonPh. (208) 610-2680Email: sherndon@senate.idaho.gov Sagle, Idaho – Idaho State Senator Scott Herndon started a petition Sunday in the Idaho legislature to call the house and the senate into a special session to consider ways to fix Idaho’s Presidential primary election that got removed from Idaho law earlier […]
We all feel that summer is coming to an end, and fall is nearly upon us. School has begun, temperatures are finally coming down, and apples are ripening on the trees. But just as sure as the leaves change color, so too will the banners of Boise turn to an unrelenting parade of rainbows. “Pride” […]
Boise, ID – Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the court to halt Maryland county’s unconstitutional gun bans in places of public assembly and in the 100-yard “buffer zones” around them. “While local municipalities have a degree of autonomy in some issues, it […]
My wife and I have been “Parrot Heads” our entire adult lives. When news of Jimmy Buffett’s passing on Sept 1st was announced, we were saddened, but we both smiled. We didn’t embrace his implied endorsement for MJH, but we did embrace his joy and love of life. His music crossed over from jazz to […]
(Abuse does not Negate Use) I have received many e-mails after my last Gem State Patriot article about government corruption. I again state that a corrupt act may or may not be illegal. The danger is when the act benefits a politician, or an enterprise doing business with the government. A developer asking for a […]
While District Attorney Fani Willis was orchestrating a grand jury to bring false charges against President Trump and 18 others, she was turning a blind eye to blatant documented election fraud that occurred in Fulton County, Georgia. Willis and others failed to investigate or prosecute the organized ballot harvesting that appears to have been conducted […]