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Chuck Malloy

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Updated 3 days, 18 hours 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 …

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
OPINION: Budget amendment no easy sell

Elected officials weigh pros, cons of Constitutional Convention

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days 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 3 weeks, 3 days 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 1 month 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 1 month, 1 week 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 1 month, 2 weeks 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 1 month, 3 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 1 month, 4 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 2 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…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: Risch, Fulcher split on Ukraine aid

Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher is not one of the most sought-after talking heads for TV network news programs. Fulcher does not serve on a high-profile committ…

Updated 3 months ago
OPINION: Lawmaker: ‘Rational people’ need to step up in GOP

Bonneville County’s Republican Central Committee may have picked a fight against the wrong legislator.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
OPINION: GOP lawmakers get no love back home

One thing I learned from my five years at the Post Register in the 1980s was the love that people in Idaho Falls had for Republicans. Almost as much as the Fou…

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: Rubel — Join the party with ‘common sense’

House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel of Boise has an invitation for those who are fed up with right-wing politics, or the continued divisions within the Republica…

Updated 4 months ago
OPINION: Bedke resists ‘burn-it-down’ mentality

It wasn’t long ago when now-Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke was part of a House leadership team that was widely viewed as one of the most conservative in Idaho’s history.…