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OPINION: The best of Idaho

by Becky Funk
| July 26, 2026 1:00 AM

It’s easy to fill a newspaper or a legislative session with everything government gets wrong. But Idaho reminds us that good government doesn’t need to make headlines. It just needs to do the basics well, stay out of the way, and leave what works alone. 

Here are 10 things Idaho gets right. 

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