Oct 8, 2017 | Public Education
Last week, during national Book Ban Awareness Week, I accepted an invitation from local librarians, Eliza and Kate, to visit the Main Boise Public Library, where I learned more about the amazing – and free – resources available to the community. Some days later, I...
May 31, 2017 | Sexual Assualt / Domestic Violence
Many of you may have seen the Facebook post that recently went viral sharing the story of a woman who indicated that she just “paid $400.00 to be raped…” Kara Burnham reported a sexual assault three years ago in Northern Idaho and was mistakenly...
May 17, 2017 | Human Rights
According to a 2016 Atlantic article, the female prison population has grown 50% faster than the male population since 1980, and many women inmates (if not most) experienced mental health issues, substance abuse problems, inadequate access to health care and/or were...
Mar 19, 2017 | Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reform
Rep Rubel has partnered with Rep Perry to sponsor H179 which was introduced but not given a full hearing where the committee could vote on the merits of the bill. Instead, this past week in Judiciary and Rules, we heard 4 and half hours of informational testimony...
Mar 12, 2017 | Human Rights
This session, I have been working hard to introduce legislation that would add “sexual orientation and gender identity” to Idaho’s hate crime law, but I have been stopped at every turn, even in the shadow of the murder of Steven Nelson, a Boise State employee and...
