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Idaho GOP: Bounty Hunters who Block Reproductive Health Care

Idaho GOP: Bounty Hunters who Block Reproductive Health Care

Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized

We are at a crisis point for reproductive healthcare and rights in Idaho. SB 1309 is part of the aggressive anti-abortion agenda pushed by politicians across the country to ban abortion outright, to interfere in a person’s individual freedom to control their own body....
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...
#IDLEG Punishes Higher Ed for Social Justice Offerings

#IDLEG Punishes Higher Ed for Social Justice Offerings

Mar 20, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Human Rights, Uncategorized

The Senate passed a second version of the higher education budget last week, but not before they cut $409K from Boise State’s Budget to punish them for providing social justice programming and curricula. “They’re going to get the message,” said the bill sponsor....
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