For those of you who followed the Special Session, if your response was similar to mine, you were greatly disturbed by what happened. I’m not talking about the legislation that was passed, although I have concerns with that, as well. I’m talking about the behavior of the citizens who “came to participate” in the process. Whether they were anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, …
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The special session was more dangerous and uncivil that Idaho citizens could have ever predicted. The week before the special session of the Idaho Legislature began, Idaho Democratic legislators met (virtually) to discuss how to be safe and healthy. We had hoped that there would be some precautions in place to reduce the spread of coronavirus, even if they were …
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Idaho State Capitol – In the committees’ most recent meeting, CFAC allocated $69,052.43 of CARES act funding to the Boise Police Department (BPD). The funding will pay for the officers’ service during the special session of the Idaho legislature in late August. This is on top of the amount of $76 thousand dollars that was allocated last week for the …
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On Friday afternoon, Governor Little announced that he would use $99 million from the CARES act to supplement the $99 million in education cuts that he announced earlier this year. Representative Melissa Wintrow/(D-Boise) was relieved to hear the announcement from the Governor. “As a Representative on the ground floor of education funding and the handling of the state’s budget as …
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