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Idaho Doubles Down on Gross Injustice

Idaho House Bill 406 is one of the most grossly unjust and terribly drafted pieces of legislation I’ve ever seen. It will classify individuals as drug traffickers based on simple possession of even tiny trace amounts of a drug and send them to prison for decades with no possibility of early release. There is already …

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Saving our Society Requires Real Education Choice

What is the purpose of promoting education choice? As I see it, there are two related but distinct goals served by this effort. The first is to provide families with not just the legal right to opt out of government schools (which they have in most states) but also the practical means to do so. …

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Medicaid Expansion in Idaho Comes with a $5 Billion Price Tag

If Idahoans vote to expand Medicaid, the impact to state and local budgets will likely be minimal (at least for the first few years.) Depending on how many people enroll in Medicaid and how a host of existing state and local programs respond, the impact is likely to be +/- $10-$12 million per year for …