Feb 13, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Budget / Government Spending, COVID 19, Health Care, Human Rights, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reform, Public Education, Sexual Assualt / Domestic Violence
Easy Come. Easy Vote? H88 sent to general orders…. That’s what House Republican Leader Mike Moyle declared on the floor when he proposed a bill to criminalize people for delivering others’ ballots. This legislation would make it harder for seniors, those with...
Jan 30, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, COVID 19, Health Care
There has been a lot of discussion about public health orders and health districts and who has authority to enact orders to protect public health. Idaho code grants authority to cities, public health districts, and school districts to adopt all public health measures...
Jan 23, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Budget / Government Spending, COVID 19, Health Care
My Response to Gov. Little’s Press Conference Governor Little hosted a powerful press conference on Friday to address the majority party’s attempts in the legislature to place restrictions on his authority as Governor in an emergency. As he noted, we...
Jan 4, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Budget / Government Spending, COVID 19, Health Care, Public Education, Uncategorized
Published in the Press Tribune Dec. 23, 2020 What if you were hanging on the edge of a cliff and your friend leaned down and started rapping hard on your fingers, at the same time telling you it will be alright? Unfortunately, that’s what some Idaho politicians are...
Dec 11, 2020 | COVID 19, Health Care
Melissa Wintrow Idaho State Senate Dear Gov Little (1) Idaho is at a crossroads and human lives are at stake. As Nurse Connelly said during your press conference, 3,000 people died in the U.S. from COVID-19 today alone. That is more than the number of lives lost in...
Dec 11, 2020 | COVID 19, Health Care
I have been receiving a variety of emails from people all over the state about the decision in front of Central District Health, as they face skyrocketing case numbers and need to make decisions to increase public safety. Most of D19 constituents who have...
