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Confidentiality for Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivors

Confidentiality for Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivors

Feb 26, 2022 | Uncategorized

S1332 Amending Idaho Code 9-203 Confidential Relations and Communications It has been an honor to work with stakeholders from the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence and receiving letters of support from Domestic Violence Programs all over the state...
Racial Covenants, Redlining & Intergenerational Wealth in Idaho

Racial Covenants, Redlining & Intergenerational Wealth in Idaho

Jan 29, 2022 | Uncategorized

Paper Submitted by McKay CunninghamProfessor and Director of Experiential LearningCollege of Idaho Historical Background During the twentieth century, both redlining and racial covenants were widely used tools to ensure housing disparities based on race. Developers...
Something to Celebrate in 2020: Final backlogged sexual assault kit processed!

Something to Celebrate in 2020: Final backlogged sexual assault kit processed!

Jan 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

I got the call last week (Dec. 29) the last rape kit from Idaho’s backlog had finally been tested and put in the system! Matthew Gamette and his team at the Idaho State Police Forensics lab have been working to test all of the kits that were the subject of my...
Prison Staffing Crisis Illuminates Common Problems in State Gov’t and Solutions

Prison Staffing Crisis Illuminates Common Problems in State Gov’t and Solutions

Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorized

Director Josh Tewalt’s presentation in our Criminal Justice Reinvestment Interim Committee was instructive to the rest of the executive branch and state agencies as he addressed the staffing crisis in our prisons. “We know what will work,” he said as he...
May 1, 2021 – Legislative Session Update

May 1, 2021 – Legislative Session Update

May 1, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Budget / Government Spending, Human Rights, Property Taxes, Public Education, Sexual Assualt / Domestic Violence

I am hopeful that we will finally end the legislative session this week — the House needs to stop fighting and move important budgets through the body that they have been holding “hostage.” In the Senate: Transportation and Income Taxes. Still no...
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