Oct 7, 2020 | Budget / Government Spending, Civil Discourse, COVID 19, Health Care, Human Rights, Property Taxes, Public Education, Public Lands
The Idaho Press partnered with the League of Women Voters of Idaho to publish these candidate surveys. Q: 1. What do you hope to accomplish if elected? I will continue to build on the relationships I have made and continue to pass legislation that focuses on the needs...
Jul 1, 2020 | Civil Discourse, Human Rights
I just watched a video posted on social media of white supremacists assaulting someone who was a part of the peaceful Black Lives Matter protest. Then, another video of white supremacists yelling “hiel hitler” and “white power.” THERE IS NO ROOM, NO PLACE for...
Jun 3, 2020 | Civil Discourse, Human Rights, News & Events
Hope. That is the word and the feeling that finally washed over me last night as I stood with thousands of masked community members as they reverently paid respect to George Floyd and many of the black people killed at the hands of police in the past. At the edge of...
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 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...
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,...
