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Idaho has a vital stake in an accurate 2020 census count

March 11, 2019 Jim Jones 1 Comment

A federal district court judge ruled on March 6 that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross broke the law by adding a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 2020 census, Idaho

Is it time to drive a stake through the heart of Idaho’s initiative process?

March 6, 2019 Jim Jones 2d Comments

The people of Idaho decided in 1911 to put a process in place to enact or repeal legislation at the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Idaho, initiative & referendum, legislature

Idaho’s legislative apportionment system ain’t broke, it doesn’t need fixin’

February 12, 2019 Jim Jones 1 Comment

After much partisan wrangling in the Legislature and lengthy fighting through the courts, Idahoans voted to fix Idaho’s legislative redistricting…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: gerrymandering, Idaho, reapportionment

The people have spoken on Medicaid expansion. Let’s get it done.

January 8, 2019 Jim Jones

The Idaho Constitution flatly declares: “All political power is inherent in the people.” Those people established a government of elected…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Idaho, initiated legislation, Medicaid expansion

Nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes

November 14, 2018 Jim Jones

The old saying about the certainty of death and taxes is not entirely true anymore. A talented tax lawyer can…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: advance care directive, Idaho

How to keep faith with America’s military veterans

November 5, 2018 Jim Jones

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the guns fell silent on the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized, Veterans Filed under: Idaho, veterans, WWI

Is ticket splitting a mortal sin?

October 23, 2018 Jim Jones

  Back in the early 1960s, when I was studying political science at the University of Oregon, I first encountered…

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Posted in: politics, Uncategorized Filed under: Cindy Wilson, Idaho, Lawrence Wasden, ticket splitting

Children of faith healers have a right to life and medical care

November 22, 2017 Jim Jones

In counting my blessings at Thanksgiving, good health was at the top of my list. In January I learned I…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: faith healers, Idaho

Is It Time to Close the Medicaid Gap?

April 27, 2017 Jim Jones

The first sign of trouble was not particularly dramatic, but it got my attention. Last November, when the Supreme Court…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Idaho, Medicaid gap

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