A Dem Speaks Out

Thanks to what some are calling the “Republican civil war”, the U.S. Congress has been unable to pass bills, including one allotting $105...

More and more leaders are speaking out about the dangers our democracy is facing and they’re not pointing to enemies abroad or street...

It’s Friday night. Candidate filing for the November elections is done. The Canyon County website has 78 candidates listed as running for...

Last week some local Democrats wrestled with the problem of making it clear to voters that there are two conflicting Republican factions...

Rep. Lori McCann, Republican, has now been censured by the Republican central committees of all three counties within legislative...

This year over 300 bills restricting voting were introduced in 45 states (Brennan Center, June 14). Republican legislators across the...

It’s July and already I’m hearing a lot about November elections–and, yes, November 2023. Several candidates for school board and city...

The Republican battle for the presidential nomination has begun and, with it, efforts to further weaponize the term “woke.” Some pundits...

Years ago, while at a meeting of Democratic women in Ketchum, a friend who lived outside of Wilder introduced herself as living in rural...

I may gripe my way through every legislative session, but I try to stick to issues that make a difference. At this point, with...

Luke Mayville and the Reclaim Idaho volunteers deserve a thank you from Idaho voters. This year the Reclaim team was active in protecting...

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

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

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

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...

One of the difficult things I’ve done recently is ask Democrats why they failed to vote in 2022. Three Canyon County Districts–11, 12,...

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...

Does anyone else find it funny that Idaho legislators–who want to stop school boards from asking voters to vote on bonds time after...

During a summer break from high school, my dad rented a boat and we wafted happily across Redfish Lake. Then the small electric engine...

Last week opposition to a policy being considered by the Caldwell School Board got national attention when hundreds turned out to protest...