Jan 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
I want to take a moment to acknowledge another tragic loss of life at the hands of the United States Government: Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Pretti, an ICU nurse, was reportedly shot merely for filming federal ICE agents and attempting to help a woman who had been forcibly...
Nov 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Transparency and accountability are hallmarks of healthy budgeting. So, let’s be transparent. Let’s be accountable. Everyone already knows how we got into our current budget crisis: Republican lawmakers adopted unrealistic revenue projections to accommodate tax...
Apr 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
This article appears in the Boise Weekly, Sound Off. “The more the government tries to control things, the more chaos it causes.” These words, spoken by a Republican colleague, couldn’t be more true. This legislative session has shown how the desire to...
Mar 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Published in the Idaho Statesman, March 22, 2025 Governor Brad Little recently signed into law the largest and most reckless tax cut in Idaho history, permanently slashing state revenue by $253 million. Instead of helping struggling families put food on the table,...
Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
After weeks of fighting over what should have been an easy decision, the Idaho Legislature yet again shortchanged Idaho’s 20,000 state employees. The approved compensation package by the Republican-dominated Joint Finance Appropriations Committee (JFAC) falls...
Feb 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The following article was published in the Boise Weekly on January 30, 2025. For my first “Boise Weekly Sound Off,” I want to tackle voucher schemes, a direct threat to Idaho’s future. Republicans refer to vouchers as “school choice” or “refundable tax credits,” but...
