Project 2025 agenda will harm Idaho families
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
Our nation was founded on the enduring principles of freedom, personal liberty and the opportunity to leave a better life for our children. …
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
Our nation was founded on the enduring principles of freedom, personal liberty and the opportunity to leave a better life for our children. …
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Dover
Reader Contributor
I hope your summer is going well. The lake is up and warm, the skies are mostly clear, we have had a little …
By Karen Matthee
Reader Staff
Health care providers throughout Idaho are sounding an alarm: A new law threatens to increase unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, drug abuse and mental health …
By Gil Beyer
Reader Contributor
Voting in the upcoming general election is even more important now than it was before July 1. This November may be the last chance we …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho Republican Party Chair Dorothy Moon was reelected to a second two-year term, as party members met at North Idaho College during the final …
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Dover
Reader Contributor
Last week the Reader ran an article about the Highway 95 reroute project. We learned the Idaho Transportation Department was abandoning its exploratory …
Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
Most Idaho voters agree that we must invest in strong schools to ensure the next generation’s success. Sadly, the Republican supermajority is preventing our …
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
Democracies are unhealthy without a balance of power between the parties and accountability at the ballot box. Sadly, Idaho’s ruling party is steadily …
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
Our branches of government are designed to provide checks and balances. When the Idaho Legislature commits overreach, cruelty or foolishness, the governor’s veto …
By Linda Navarre and Todd Crossett, co-chairs, BCHRTF Members
Reader Contributors
“It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. Never let …
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