North Idaho is largely populated by good and friendly people. People who volunteer their time for civic and charitable causes. People you would want for neighbors. People who inspired the joke: “I was at the local hardware store and while I was searching for what I wanted, three different people asked if I needed assistance…. […]
As one of the Gem State’s top universities, Boise State brings a spotlight to Idaho. The Broncos’ run to the College Football Playoff last year electrified the nation, and students from around the globe come to Boise each year to study at this world-class institution. Yet all is not well in the halls of academia. […]
Dear Friends, This week, as Chairman of the Idaho Medal of Honor Commission, I had the honor of recognizing four law enforcement officers for extraordinary acts of courage at our 2025 Medal of Honor Ceremony. These officers risked their own lives to save others, going far beyond the call of duty. They join more than […]
BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country. Attorney General Labrador and a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general are sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls being […]
Precise and accurate words are required in order to have precise and accurate debates that are grounded in logic. If one side of a discussion is grounded in logic and reason, and the other side only offers emotion and feelings, there is little opportunity for agreement. After 150 years of failed ideas, socialists, communists, and […]
When I was 25 years old, I proudly served on the USS Virginia as a Junior Officer. Looking back now, 50 years later, it was one of the best years of my life. I qualified as Officer of The Day Underway, I was taught to sail by Master Chief Fred Wright, and probably most importantly, […]
Origins of Idaho’s Grocery Tax: Idaho had briefly experimented with a 2% sales tax (including on food) in 1935 to raise revenue, but that early tax proved hugely unpopular and was repealed in 1937. Idaho’s taxation of groceries is rooted in the state’s adoption of a general sales tax in the mid-1960s. While many assume […]
The adage amongst both conservative and progressive political operatives is that “politics follows culture”. That is often times stated as a fact without understanding the cause. When cultural changes create new demands on governments, before they react to the changes, it is incumbent upon serious people to examine the causes. Like GLOBAL WARMING, EVOLUTION, and […]
Dear Friends, Last week, I joined 25 attorneys general demanding the NCAA restore championships, records, and awards to female athletes who were cheated out of what they earned. For years, biological males competed in women’s sports and stole honors that belonged to the women who trained for them. The letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker […]
BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador won a preliminary victory protecting student privacy in the case Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield, et al., after United States District Judge David Nye ruled that the plaintiff is unlikely to prevail in their challenge to Idaho’s law requiring public schools to designate multi-occupancy restrooms for use by only one sex. […]
(BOISE) — Attorney General Raúl Labrador will chair the Idaho Medal of Honor Commission ceremony honoring four law enforcement officers for extraordinary acts of courage and heroism that saved lives while risking their own. The Commission will present Idaho’s highest honor for public safety professionals. WHO: Idaho Medal of Honor Commission, Attorney General Raúl Labrador […]
Politics reflects our own human nature. There are stories about President Reagan and Tip O’Neal sharing a cocktail after they had excoriated each other politically—not personally, earlier in the day. Former District Judge Mike Wetherall told me the story about Senator Frank Church warning Barry Goldwater as they were eating lunch together in the Senate […]