Pocatello Keeps Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
For 8 years, Idaho’s Legislature has refused to discuss a bill to outlaw housing and job discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. So, Idaho cities have done the work that the...
View ArticleLt. Levity: Birth of an Aberration
The thing about Idaho folks is that we hold a couple values very dear: 1) Nobody deserves more rights than anybody else. 2) If you work hard, if you are honest, and if you contribute to your community,...
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Legislative Candidate Steve Berch Works to Right a Wrong (a bunch of them)
Steve Berch is giving folks in West Boise’s Legislative District 15 a chance to right a wrong. He was narrowly defeated in 2012 by former Rep. Mark Patterson, who resigned after rape charges against...
View ArticleWelcome, Rep. John McCrostie
Idaho’s Legislative District 16 (Garden City) shuffled up a bit–though it retained an all-Idaho Dem delegation–with Rep. Grant Burgoyne winning the Senate seat formerly held by Les Bock. That made room...
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The 2015 Idaho Democratic Legislative Address
In the 2015 Democratic Address to Idaho, Sen. Michelle Stennett (D-Ketchum) and Rep. John Rusche (D-Lewiston) outlined Idaho Democratic priorities and pledged to fight for freedom: ” … If you are...
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Idaho Dem Leaders Back Update Idaho Human Rights Law
As Idaho prepares to host our nation’s first black president, a crowd of 800 people gathered update the Gem State’s civil rights laws to include housing and employment protection for folks based on...
View ArticleIdaho House to Hear Human Rights Update Testimony, Monday
Idahoans agree that people should be treated with fairness and respect. That’s why 67 percent of Idahoans recently said that “it should be illegal to discriminate in housing, employment and business...
View ArticleAdd Your Words to Human Rights Update Debate
Testimony to update the Idaho Human Rights Act is in its second day at the Capitol. Hundreds have testified so far and there’s room more. If you have something to say about including job and housing...
View ArticleBonner County: Human Rights Task Force Survey
The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force has served the community well over the years, helping create the area’s image as one that welcomes people and businesses and treats everyone fairly....
View ArticleFormer Idaho Governor Disgusted with GOP Leaders
Former Gov. Phil Batt did something Wednesday that Idaho’s GOP political leaders rarely do: he acted like a leader. Batt flatly told his party faithful that they are wrong. He scolded his fellow party...
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