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The Idaho GOP requires their legislators to sign a pledge to uphold the party platform. They don't all comply, but most do. My opponent does.
This platform reads like an AI summary of Project 2025, if the AI was trained on sermons from Westboro Baptist Church. #IDleg #IDpol
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An Idaho House committee on Friday rejected a bill meant to repeal vaccine requirements, but which critics said could have restricted access to medical care. #idleg #idpol
An Idaho House committee on Friday rejected a bill meant to repeal vaccine requirements, but which critics said could have restricted access to medical care. #idleg #idpol
If you read one thing today, please read this from @pfannyyy.bsky.social . After you read it…pause and reflect on it. These deaths could have been prevented.
#Idaho #idleg #idpol
The Valley County Democratic Party is sponsoring a afternoon social where you can meet the Statewide and Legislative Democratic Candidates at North Fork Lodge, 200 Scott St., McCall at 4 pm Sunday. March 15. In attendance will be Terri Pickens, for Governor, Eric Myricks for Lieutenant Governor, Kaylee Peterson for Congress and Jared Dawson for District 8b Legislator. Hot and cold Drinks, light snacks will be served.
Morning! Senate State Affairs hearing on HB 561 (flag bill) at 8am, Medical Mandates cont. in HHW at 8:30, and looks like Ways and Means has a replacement for HB 743 (forcing loc gov to follow laws bill).
Also tracking HB 872 Ballots, Elections in HSA but might not get to hear. #idleg #idpol
Four patients have died after the Idaho — facing budget shortfall — cut a mobile treatment program for people with severe mental illness. #idleg #idpol
Providers say the recent death of a man in his 40s marks the fourth death among patients who were receiving mobile, specialized treatment in less than four months since an Idaho Medicaid contractor cut the service, called Assertive Community Treatment, or ACT. #idleg #idpol
An impassioned debate from one of Idaho’s most experienced state legislators brought the Idaho Senate to a standstill Thursday and set the stage for the chamber to kill a budget that would impose budget cuts on health and human services programs. #idleg #idpol
Proving again, perhaps for those in the back plugging their ears like defiant toddlers, that the “modern” extremists in the #idleg are not, in fact “pro-life” at all 🤬
Targeting the most vulnerable amongst us is DEPLORABLE 🤬 That’s what they are good at 😒
Without debate, the Idaho House passed on a party-line vote Thursday a bill that calls for nearly $22 million in budget cuts to Medicaid disability services. #idpol #idleg
Without debate, the Idaho House passed on a party-line vote Thursday a bill that calls for nearly $22 million in budget cuts to Medicaid disability services. #idleg #idpol
Before Idaho enacted its law, Republican state Rep. Bruce Skaug said providers could decline to offer gender-affirming care and dispensing mind-altering drugs. #idleg #idpol
“I hope people who vote are paying attention.” - Melissa Wintrow (D), Senate Minority Leader
#idpol #idleg
If Idaho legislators had not chosen to comply with Trump’s tax cuts retroactively, Idaho would not be facing another projected budget #deficit, Wintrow said
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Howdy! I'm bouncing around House committee hearings this morning, focus on State Affairs and Health and Welfare.
#idleg #idpol
H&W- HB 808 Medical Mandates and HB 862 Rural Health
State Affairs- HB 795 and 819, both relating to HB 710 Library bill passed in 2024.
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From The Cabin in Boise, Idaho #IDleg
If you believe in the freedom to read, tell House State Affairs committee to vote NO on HB819 & HB795
“Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.”
— Stephen Chbosky
House Bill 860 addresses barriers some young people faced to 988 suicide hotline, non-emergency medical care, exams related to criminal investigations, other care without parental consent. #idpol #idleg
Less than two months after strong revenue collections seemingly righted the ship, the state of Idaho is once again facing a projected state budget deficit, according to a new report the Idaho Legislative Services Office published Wednesday. #idleg #idpol
The Idaho House widely passed a bill Wednesday that would require school officials and health professionals to out transgender minors to their parents, or face lawsuits. #idpol #idleg
School staff and health care providers could face fines and lawsuits if they fail to notify parents that a child may be transitioning. The bill would require educators and others to inform parents within 72 hours if a student asks to use a different name or pronouns. #idleg #idpol
The Idaho House widely passed a bill Wednesday that would require school officials and health professionals to out transgender minors to their parents, or face lawsuits. #idleg #idpol
Boy, oh boy 🤦♀️
The desire to dumb down America & silence #WeThePeople is crazy strong — with the emphasis on CRAZY — in the #idleg. Deep sigh.
Idaho lawmakers introduce declaration of support for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, after debating whether the public should weigh in. #idpol #idleg idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/11/i...
There are so many, but this is one of the most 💔 & disappointing vote counts I’ve seen this #idleg session 😭
I vehemently disagree with Skaug’s interpretation 🤬 IDK if he’s lying or just that dumb 😒
#VoteThemOut
Anyone in #Idaho remember when "MERIT-BASED" teacher pay came into existence and it was based on the OUTCOME of standardized tests? AND NOW, #SchoolChoice is fracturing #publiceducation BUT that lesson is meaningless to #IdLeg— as they approach #EdFunding & #Medicaid
Post Falls Republican Rep. Tony Wisniewski, 74, climbed atop his imaginary cross of victimhood to say marriage equality has “ultimately resulted in a violation of religious rights of individuals and companies.”
Idaho's Taliban will never be satisfied.
#idpol #idgop #idleg
