I got the call last week (Dec. 29) the last rape kit from Idaho’s backlog had finally been tested and put in the system! Matthew Gamette and his team at the Idaho State Police Forensics lab have been working to test all of the kits that were the subject of my...
Director Josh Tewalt’s presentation in our Criminal Justice Reinvestment Interim Committee was instructive to the rest of the executive branch and state agencies as he addressed the staffing crisis in our prisons. “We know what will work,” he said as he...
I am hopeful that we will finally end the legislative session this week — the House needs to stop fighting and move important budgets through the body that they have been holding “hostage.” In the Senate: Transportation and Income Taxes. Still no...
The legislative session feels more like a Nanny State than State Government. Power consolidation continues as the legislature tries to insert itself in local elections, school districts, health districts, city budget decisions, voter restrictions, ballot initiatives,...
Idaho Democratic Party leadership provides an overview of the latest news from the Statehouse, legislation in the works from the minority party, and helpful information for...
