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Jim Jones

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Updated 6 days, 14 hours ago

OPINION: Can a church really funnel dark money into the campaign against Prop 1?

Labrador’s opinion would subvert the very purpose of the Sunshine Act

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
OPINION: Attorney General Labrador can’t seem to resist conflicts of interest

His primary objective in office has been to rack up political points by trying to stamp out abortion in every form.

Updated 2 weeks, 6 days ago
OPINION: INL can thrive without becoming a permanent nuclear waste repository

INL will continue to be the premier nuclear innovator in the country, even if Idaho does not get the NLIC designation.

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
OPINION: Water is a missing element in the grand plan to build up the INL

The State should not rush headlong into signing a binding agreement to take one-third of the nuclear waste in the country unless and until there is a clear and…

Updated 1 month ago
OPINION: Is Idaho getting ready to buy a nuclear waste pig in a poke?

Idahoans should ask some searching questions and get some firm commitments from the federal government before blundering into a Host Agreement that will be leg…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
OPINION: Bombing Iran back to the Stone Age is not a winning strategy

The lame excuses dished out by members of Idaho’s Congressional delegation, all of whom solemnly pledged to support the Constitution, demonstrate the extent of…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: Now is the time for all good candidates to come to the aid of their state

The outcome of the May primary election demonstrated that Idaho voters have had their fill of those who won’t get serious about making life better for the peop…

Updated 2 months ago
OPINION: Our cradle-to-grave Supreme Court desperately needs reform

The longer a Justice sits in the ivory tower of the Court, the greater the likelihood of losing touch with the real world.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
OPINION: AG Labrador strikes out with 'birthright citizen” case

We should expect our Attorney General to observe and respect the rule of law, instead of bending to the whims of politics.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
OPINION: Voting rights, once a Republican thing, now in GOP’s rearview mirror

The Republican regression has reached a fever pitch with the GOP push for passage of the preposterously-named SAVE America Act (Save Act).

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: America, pay it forward by supporting Ukraine

Now is the time for the United States to pay it forward by providing Ukraine the resources and support it needs to follow in the footsteps of our great nation

Updated 3 months ago
OPINION: Labrador tilts absurdly against the mifepristone windmill

Having been unable to produce any evidence that mifepristone poses any danger to its users, Labrador has taken a strange new tack.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
OPINION: Trump shows Iran’s regime the path to self-preservation

Iran now has a sixty-day ceasefire that will not likely end with a deal Trump can live with politically

Updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago
OPINION: Primary elections in Idaho and elsewhere give hope for better days ahead

I suspect the GOP MAGA warriors will become increasingly alarmed by the electoral landscape as November approaches. By then, it will be too late to backtrack o…