Jim Jones

Jim Jones is a Vietnam combat veteran who served 8 years as Idaho Attorney General (1983-1991) and 12 years as Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017).

 Idaho’s budgeting process – throwing together feathers, hoping for a duck

After the governor made his budget recommendation, he just sat on his hands and allowed JFAC and the Legislature to throw a budget together.

Idaho’s education system is grossly overburdened with needless rules

Most of the criticism of public education has been orchestrated by the ill-named Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The good, the bad and the ugly in Idaho’s political arena

Any reasonable and responsible legislative body would see the desperate need to increase state revenues.

Idaho’s MAGA warriors will be running amok in the 2026 legislative session

MAGA legislators are hoping to make additional cuts to Idaho’s Medicaid program

Remember to give thanks for the unlikely success of America’s revolution

As Americans gather together with family and friends for the Thanksgiving weekend, many will likely have partisan differences. That just seems to be a fact of life in present-day America. But there are things so fundamental to our shared experience that we can find bases for agreement. I believe we are all proud and inspired…

A lawsuit has been filed to prevent subsidizing private/religious education

The framers of Idaho’s Constitution mandated that the Legislature provide adequate state funding for the public school system.

Idaho legislators should not vote on bills that line their own pockets

There is good reason to believe that some legislators voted for the bill with the intention of benefitting from its provisions.

 A political statement masquerading as a legal opinion must be called out

I know the importance of providing sound legal advice to state entities.

America desperately needs a renewal of the spirit of July 4, 1776

All of us should take a cue from those who signed the Declaration of Independence and pledge to do more to serve and improve our country.

There’s never a dull moment in the Idaho political scene nowadays

Little and the Legislature gifted to families that are sending their kids to private and religious schools will add to the revenue shortfall.