May 17, 2017 | Human Rights
According to a 2016 Atlantic article, the female prison population has grown 50% faster than the male population since 1980, and many women inmates (if not most) experienced mental health issues, substance abuse problems, inadequate access to health care and/or were...
Mar 19, 2017 | Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reform
Rep Rubel has partnered with Rep Perry to sponsor H179 which was introduced but not given a full hearing where the committee could vote on the merits of the bill. Instead, this past week in Judiciary and Rules, we heard 4 and half hours of informational testimony...
Mar 12, 2017 | Human Rights
This session, I have been working hard to introduce legislation that would add “sexual orientation and gender identity” to Idaho’s hate crime law, but I have been stopped at every turn, even in the shadow of the murder of Steven Nelson, a Boise State employee and...
Mar 5, 2017 | Public Lands
Thousands of people converged on the Statehouse on Saturday to raise their voices that Idaho’s Public Lands must remain in public hands not private. In the past several years, a number of Republican Legislators have pursued legislation to “take...
Feb 26, 2017 | Human Rights
Representative Chaney (R – District 10) has reintroduced his controversial legislation, which would strip funding for cities in Idaho that declare themselves a “sanctuary” for immigrants. Under the bill, if an Idaho community has been determined to “adopt,...
