Last February there was an apparent coordinated effort to disrupt a Republican Town Hall event featuring local legislators. The guests were advised by me and the Master of Ceremonies that good behavior was expected and that people who refused to respect the rights of others would be removed from the venue. Despite the warnings, the […]
Dear Friends, Last week I traveled to Idaho Falls to recognize two detectives who’ve spent years tracking down some of the worst criminals in our state. Detective Jared Mendenhall of the Idaho Falls Police Department and Detective Korey Payne of the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office recently reached 100 combined Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) arrests. One […]
BOISE, ID – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador urged consumer caution this holiday season when responding to solicitations from charities. International Charity Fraud Awareness Week extends through December 12th. The two biggest times of the year for charity scams and fraud are typically Christmas and any period following a natural disaster. Both appeal to the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the United States House of Representatives passed an effort to fix Secure Rural Schools (SRS) payment allocations. The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 would reauthorize the United States Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through Fiscal Year 2026 and provide lapsed payments for 2024 and 2025. This initiative […]
How big a mess? No one really knows, because those running the bureaucracy—and those supposed to cover it in the press—have shown remarkably little curiosity about what is happening inside our state government. The LUMA accounting system, for example, has been associated with serious implementation problems, including duplicated payments and delays in reconciling transactions across […]
My Quaker grandmother told me a story early in my life about “The Seed of Hate.” The theme is deeply biblical, but it appears in other religious traditions and cultures as well. For Christians, the story centers on the idea that hatred begins as a small seed in the heart and, if allowed to grow, […]
In a recent Wall Street Journal review, University of Virginia sociology professor Scott Galloway’s book Notes of Being a Man confronts a crisis that has become impossible to ignore. He writes that his female students—bright, capable, and ambitious—express growing concern about the state of young men. They describe brothers living in parents’ basements, boyfriends addicted to online pornography, and […]
Next month, thousands of families across Idaho will apply for the Parental Choice Tax Credit. Students in non-public schools will be eligible for up to $5,000 in reimbursements—whether for tuition, tutoring, materials, or other educational costs. Unfortunately, the program could be derailed before it even begins. A coalition of public school districts, the teachers’ union, […]
As we hear the cry from many Americans about how unaffordable America is, we need to ask ourselves how this came about. Well, I would suggest that opening our borders and allowing 10 or 15 million illegal aliens to migrate and scatter to every congressional district in the country has caused a serious strain on […]
Dear Friends, Last month, our entire office gathered at the Idaho State Capitol for our annual Office Wide Meeting. Every November, we bring everyone together to look back on the year’s work and recognize the people who made it happen. My Chief of Staff Phil Skinner kicked things off with updates from every division on […]
By now, you must have heard of President Trump’s Zero Income Tax Plan. Even among conservative media, doubt was verbalized. Can that be done? Is it constitutional? Isn’t it too bold, too aggressive, too “king,” too “tyrannical”? Or does he have the moral authority to do such a thing? Constitution Background I want to concentrate […]
We live in a time of stark political dichotomy where a person’s interpretation of facts depends on their political affiliations. People will see some action of President Trump as MAGA or fascist, depending on their political party and their news sources. Scott Adams has referred to this phenomenon as “Two movies playing on one screen” […]