Jim Jones

Bonner County voters show how to stand up for public education

Traditional Idahoans are slow to anger but, when they get their feathers ruffled, they are not reluctant to toss out political charlatans.

Bad news keeps coming for the extremist branch of the Republican Party

At the recent GOP convention in Challis, Governor Brad Little and 14 House Republicans received a “no confidence” vote for opposing legislation that would clog the courts with nuisance suits against local libraries.

Fair warning to public school patrons across the Gem State

WBCSD has reportedly lost 33 employees in recent months because of the board’s actions.

The Freedom Foundation demonstrates its plan to destroy public education

IFF helped to get far-right candidates Keith Rutledge and Susan Brown elected to the school board in November of 2021, making a three-trustee majority that has been creating havoc ever since.

Labrador performs political hatchet job on Open Primaries initiative

It would establish a primary election where all candidates run on a single ticket, allowing every voter to select from the entire field.

The North Idaho College debacle demonstrates the dangers of extremism

The hostile take-over was engineered by Brent Regan and his collection of far-right extremists.

Remembering and mourning our foreign partners on Memorial Day

Although I rarely find issues upon which I totally agree with Senator Jim Risch, Ukraine is one such issue–an exceedingly important one.

Conservatives should not fear ranked choice voting, extremists should

The disruptive wing of the GOP, which brought us Dorothy Moon, Janice McGeachin and Priscilla Giddings, will fight the initiative tooth and nail.

A bright silver lining shines through an ugly cloud of misinformation  

HB 71 will be challenged in court and likely be declared unconstitutional.

Public education fared better than expected in the 2023 legislative session

Going into the legislative session, it was almost a foregone conclusion that legislators would force taxpayers to start paying parents to send their kids to private and religious schools.