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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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

  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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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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