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Transportation, immigration among session's top issues
District 1 legislators discuss local issues, legislation, and concerns in the weekly Notes From Boise column.
Inflation, credit ratings warrant action, not celebration
Since President Biden’s Inauguration, inflation has cost Idaho families, raising monthly expenses in November an additional $984. In other words, it costs Ida…
Idaho's county clerks deserve our respect
We sometimes hear Idaho’s County Clerks spoken of dismissively as mere clerks – low-level functionaries just there to carry out the orders of county commission…
The greatest gifts this holiday season
According to U.S. House of Representatives historians, on December 24, 1913, “thousands flocked to the U.S. Capitol to celebrate Washington’s first ‘community …
Now is the time for one person, one vote
Just maybe … now is the time to discard a dysfunctional, predominantly gerrymandered electoral college and legislate a more equitable presidential election system based on the premise of "one person-one vote, where…
Community's help is greatly appreciated
I would like to thank the community for their assistance in moving me to a new home. I give thanks to God for his timing of events and his grace throughout the process.
A Senate tradition with Idaho connections
For more than 100 years, bean soup has been on the menu in the U.S. Senate.
Christmas is a great time to register
This Christmas season is a great opportunity for parents to help their college students register to vote and request absentee ballots for their college addresses.
Both helped weakened trust in electoral system, both must help restore it
This is a perilous moment of global instability. The very ideals of constitutional democracy that define America are at risk in every corner of the world. Amid…
Spotlighting Idaho's Spirit of Freedom
The enormous service of Idaho veterans and the devotion to serving the veterans community is one of the things I most enjoy highlighting each year. Every Nove…
Human Rights Day and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Rights Day is celebrated worldwide annually on December 10 to commemorate the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948; this year marking the Declarati…
An open primary for Idaho makes sense
The Open Primaries Initiative, if enacted, would create unrestricted primaries where, regardless of your political viewpoint, any registered voter could vote for any candidate on the ballot. Republican, Democrat, i…
Some good news out of Washington
We hear a lot about what Congress does not do well — namely, work together to get things done. Frankly, I share these justified criticisms. But, I am also happ…
BFHS production deserves applause
I would like to express my appreciation to the director, Kelly Collett, the production team, the cast of the Bonners Ferry High School play "Sound of Music," and Heidi.
Supporting Idaho crime victims
The Senate recently unanimously passed legislation important for exacting justice and helping crime victims in Idaho and across the country. S. 499 would reaut…
Idahoans should honor America’s veterans
Americans can commemorate Veterans Day twice this year. The official observance is November 11. It dates back to the armistice ending World War I, which went i…