What to expect at the Idaho GOP Winter Meeting
This weekend is a busy weekend for many legislators from around the state move over to the City of Trees for the sixty-fifth session...
Talk is no longer cheap in some cities
Liberal city councils across Idaho are imposing redundant laws banning cell phones while driving
What happened: Several city councils across Idaho have imposed ordinances banning...
Sizable Tax Cut In The Works For Idaho
Just today, the Idaho House of Representatives voted in favor of HB 463, a proposal from Governor Otter to cut Idaho’s state income tax...
F-35 Squadron Not Locating in Idaho
News broke yesterday that the United States Air Force did not select Gowen Field National Guard Base in Idaho for the future home of...
Barbara Ehardt to fill Janet Trujillo’s House Seat?
As soon as Governor Butch Otter broke the news at the Associated Taxpayers of Idaho meeting this week that Janet Trujillo will be the...
Idaho’s Common Core Education Complications
In 2013 the children of Idaho walked into their classrooms under the new umbrella of federal intrusion into education called “common core”. After several...
Otter’s Choice: Fuller, Zollinger, or Potts for District 33 Seat
Sitting on the Governor Otter's desk are three names submitted by the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee to fill the vacancy in the State...
The High Tax State of Idaho
When you look at a tax map like this you might wonder if Idaho is as conservative as people think it is.
In today’s world,...
Repealing Idaho’s Grocery Tax
Last year the Idaho legislature spent an enormous amount of time and effort in passing a repeal of the Grocery Tax in Idaho. After...
Healthy forests are a top priority
Fourteen years ago, congressional colleagues and I crafted the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA) to help provide the U.S. Forest Service with...