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An Attorney’s Perspective on Prop 1

A week ago Thursday, former state representative Greg Chaney drove over from Boise to speak to the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee. I served with Representative Chaney, who chaired the House Judiciary and Rules Committee, and we worked together on some important issues, including legislation that kept Idaho’s schools and businesses open during COVID. His […]

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Back to School: Life Lessons on the Ballot

Fall is not just time for harvest. It’s a season of fresh starts: squeaky tennis shoes, new backpacks, sharpened pencils, and a particular mix of nerves and hope. As Idahoans, we believe in new beginnings. We believe effort matters, that showing up counts, that you can build something better than what you started with — […]

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I Am Mother

I stand between two generations — watching my daughters become mothers, and watching my own mother age into needing to be mothered herself. I suppose that’s why we call it being a grandmother. We mother in both directions. Between medical appointments, home-cooked meals, play practices, lessons, school preparations, and endless activities, I have the privilege […]

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The Crisis That Wasn’t: Idaho Law Safeguards Both Lives. Prop 1 Won’t.

For two years, you have been sold a narrative: that Idaho’s pro-life law is so dangerous, so vague, that doctors have no choice but to airlift dying women out of state rather than treat them. It’s been the centerpiece of a news story and a federal lawsuit. Now it’s part of the argument for Prop […]

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Idaho’s “Life” Story

The protection of life was engrained in the very substance from which America was formed long before our birth. When the founders gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776, they didn’t just declare independence from a distant crown — they grounded their case in self-evident truth: that all men are created equal and endowed […]