Apr 5, 2019
Article Link: “House sticks with Medicaid work requirements” Excerpt: “I am beyond disappointed to be in the situation we’re in today,” Rubel said. “I feel like, after an entire session of bouncing around, we’ve really landed in the worst possible world....
Apr 5, 2019
Article Link: “Idaho House alters bill to remove people from Medicaid” Excerpt: “The only thing that’s in this bill is the part where we hire an enforcement squad to chase down the poorest people in the state and kick them off Medicaid,” said Democratic...
Apr 5, 2019
Article Link: “Medicaid, Citizen Initiatives, And Two-Headed Camels” About: It’s been a wild session and an even wilder week. Medicaid expansion sideboards and citizen initiative bills were the headliners. Lawmakers talked about everything from two-headed camels to...
Mar 29, 2019
Article Link: “Idaho House Signs Off On Two Initiative Restriction Bills” Excerpt: Ultimately, opponents say the issue will be struck down by a judge on the grounds that it’s unconstitutional. An opinion from the Idaho Attorney General’s office says...
Mar 25, 2019
It looks like HB120, the bill that would require parents to affirmatively opt in to allow their kids to receive sex education, has been blocked on the Senate side. And it appears that the school funding formula is unlikely to be voted on this year – there was...
Mar 25, 2019
House Bill 158, my “Homeowner Solar Rights bill”, was just signed into law on Friday! This will protect homeowners from unreasonable HOA prohibitions on solar installation – a protection that is already on the books in every other Western state. This...
