A Dem Speaks Out

Idaho Legislature still at work

Appropriation bills seem to come out of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee later every year. This year legislators were still...

Vouchers, Launch and a deadline

“Should the State of Idaho…divert tax dollars to private K-12 education, including private religious schools and for-profit schools?”...

Adjournment in two weeks?

Note: If you live in the Parma, Notus, Nampa or Kuna school districts, this is an election day. Last week a legislator suggested that...

The bills march on

Rep. Jaron Crane’s bill would cut the amount for each student to $1,500 per year. Rep Wendy Horman and Lori Den Hartog’s bill would leave...

Legislators offer gems as well as threats

Holidays with the family together boost my desire to avoid the negative and find a silver lining somewhere. It’s not hard for the Fourth...