2026 Legislative Session Video Shorts
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Idaho Senate Republicans Vote to Cut Essential Services, Stick Taxpayers With the Bill
After Senate Republicans voted to pass SB 1331, imposing a new 1% across-the-board cut this year on most state agencies on top of last year’s 3% holdbacks and setting up an ongoing, permanent 5% cut to most state agencies starting next year, Senate...
Republicans on Budget Committee Vote Against Military Families — Again
In response to Republicans on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voting down a proposal to restore tuition benefits for Idaho Army National Guard members after cutting them earlier this year, Assistant Senate Democratic Leader James Ruchti and District 19...
Idaho Families Forced to Shoulder the Cost of Harmful Budget Cuts
In response to today’s vote by Republicans on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee to advance maintenance budgets that gut life-saving services and public safety while shifting more costs onto families and local taxpayers, Senate Democratic Leader Melissa...
WATCH: Idaho Democrats Call for Budget Fixes That Work for Working Families
Today, as the 2026 legislative session nears its halfway point and ahead of critical Joint Finance-Appropriation Committee votes, Idaho House and Senate Democrats outlined budget solutions that protect life-saving services and public safety while delivering for...
TODAY: Idaho House and Senate Democrats to Lay Out Fiscal Solutions to Stop Harmful Cuts at Midpoint of Legislative Session
*** ADVISORY: TODAY at 2:30 p.m. MST *** Idaho House and Senate Democrats will hold a press conference today at the Statehouse to mark the halfway point of the 2026 legislative session and outline solutions to prevent harmful budget cuts that threaten prosperity...
Idaho Republicans Use Budget Cuts to Serve the Few, Not the Many
In response to today’s vote by Republicans on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee to impose permanent 5% base budget reductions, Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Wintrow released the following statement: “This is a devastating day for Idahoans. Republicans are...
WATCH: Idaho Democrats Hear Testimony on Medicaid Cuts, Call for Solutions to Protect Coverage
Last night, Idaho House and Senate Democrats held a public forum at the Idaho State Capitol to listen to Idahoans dealing with Medicaid cuts already in place and to warn against even deeper reductions now under consideration. Parents, seniors, people with...
Idaho House and Senate Democrats Will Spotlight Medicaid Cuts at Statehouse After Republicans Decline Public Hearings
*** ADVISORY: TODAY at 4 p.m. MST *** Idaho House and Senate Democrats are hosting a public forum and town halls statewide to hear directly from Idahoans impacted by Medicaid cuts, as Gov. Brad Little and Republican lawmakers move forward with reductions and propose...
House Republicans Vote to Tie Idaho Tax Policy to Washington, D.C., Putting Schools and Medicaid on the Chopping Block
In response to House Republicans passing an untargeted federal tax conformity bill, Idaho House Democratic Leader Ilana Rubel released the following statement: “Republicans just voted to deepen Idaho’s budget crisis by passing another large, untargeted revenue cut...