Mar 3, 2021
Things have been getting much more contentious these last couple of weeks. And there’s no sign of it ending any time soon. Education Yesterday House GOP members voted to reject a $6 million grant from the federal government that would have allowed communities...
Feb 17, 2021
Power plays Much of the first half of session has centered around shifting power from the Governor to the Legislature, from health districts to the Legislature, from local government to the Legislature, and from voters to the Legislature. Noticing a pattern here?...
Oct 26, 2020
The ballots submitted by the Republican speaker of the house and the Democratic leader of the house will probably look very different this year, but there is one spot where they will look the same. We are both voting “yes” on House Joint Resolution 4, and we encourage...
Feb 20, 2019
HJR2, the bill that would have created a partisan redistricting process in Idaho in lieu of our current bipartisan system, was sent back to committee after substantial citizen outcry. Well done, citizens!
Feb 11, 2019
The Gerrymandering bill (HJR2) is moving like greased lightning through the Legislature, and it’s critical that our citizens understand what is happening. In a nutshell, since Idahoans voted in 1994 to amend the Constitution to get rid of partisan...
Feb 8, 2019
Article Link: “Tempers fray in Idaho House in battle over redistricting” Excerpt: There are days when the Idaho Legislature resembles a much-higher-stakes three-ring circus, and Friday was one of them, as a bitter dispute over a GOP attempt to engineer a...
