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Chuck Malloy

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Updated 4 days, 10 hours ago

OPINION: GOP platform: IFF does the thinking for you

It’s easy to see why some Republicans don’t fit the mold of Dorothy Moon’s stale old party.

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
OPINION: SCOTUS to decide if abortion law goes too far

If anybody can understand the importance of emergency care during a pregnancy, it’s Rep. Ilana Rubel of Boise, the House minority leader. She has plenty of lif…

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago
OPINION: Crapo, Wyden split on child tax credit

Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, has found a sure way to ensure that his prized legislation doesn’t see the light of day.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
OPINION: Government stays open … for now

At long last, Congress has quit kicking the can down the road in regard to keeping the government open. And that’s good news for the federal employees drawing …

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: Partisan rancor takes a brief vacation

Here’s something that you don’t normally see in Washington — the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Finance Committee standing side-by-side at a n…

Updated 2 months ago
OPINION: The presidential election from hell

It’s amazing. Seventy percent of American voters don’t want to see a Biden-Trump rematch, yet that’s what the two major political parties are giving us.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
OPINION: Budget amendment no easy sell

Elected officials weigh pros, cons of Constitutional Convention

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
OPINION: For Haley, winning may not be everything

Dave Leroy, a former Idaho lieutenant governor and attorney general, is a co-chair of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign in Idaho. He says the former U.N. amb…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: Moon jeers Idaho senators, cheers Rand Paul

Give a big welcome to the two new members of the Idaho RINO club — Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch.

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
OPINION: Why Republicans should ditch Trump

I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready for the Republican presidential race to end. So, I say good for Nikki Haley.

Updated 3 months ago
OPINION: Simpson, Fulcher say Mayorkas must go

Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher doesn’t watch much of the network newscasts, and generally he doesn’t think that he’s missing much. Since he lives and breathes …

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
OPINION: ‘Save us from ourselves,’ says Congress

Given the conservative nature of the Idaho Legislature, you’d think that a resolution calling for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution would sail th…

Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
OPINION: Calls grow louder for budget amendment

Loren Enns describes himself as “a normal average Joe” from Florida who has never run for public office with “zero” political experience and “zero” name recogn…

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: Launch grants: Game changer or money pit?

As a native Idahoan, I can speak with some authority about the Gem State being a great place to live, raise a family and play.

Updated 4 months ago
OPINION: Take Back Idaho takes aim at the far right

The terms “Republican” and “conservative” in Idaho are well defined … by Wayne Hoffman’s Idaho Freedom Foundation. And the only “true” Republicans in the state…