Idaho Democratic Party News and Articles

Last night, voters in states across the country — including in the race for New Jersey and Virginia governor — issued a resounding referendum on Donald Trump and Republicans for selling out everyday Americans in order to rig the system for billionaires. Democrats swept races up and down the ballot by running candidates focused on addressing affordability and kitchen table issues. Democrats are entering the midterms with strong momentum. [...]

After letting 42 million Americans, including nearly 131,000 Idahoans, go without federal food assistance over the weekend, former President Donald Trump threatened to defy a federal court order requiring his administration to partially restore SNAP funding to families in need. Even now, he is refusing to fund the full month of benefits. The ruling came after Democratic AGs sued to force the administration to release emergency food assistance following [...]

Idahoans should be able to count on their leaders to fight for them in Washington. Instead, our Republican delegation has surrendered that duty, marching in lockstep behind Donald Trump no matter how damaging his tariffs, reckless his shutdown, or unqualified his appointees. Governor Little should know better. He oversees the agencies grappling with the fallout from the Trump regime’s agenda: skyrocketing healthcare costs, an end to food assistance, and [...]

New reporting from the Idaho Capital Sun and ProPublica shows that the Trump administration canceled more than 370,000 pounds of food shipments meant for Idaho families through the USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). Created in 1981, the program fights hunger and supports American farmers by purchasing surplus food for local distribution. The cuts are part of a national rollback of food aid that blocked nearly 94 million pounds [...]

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture memo makes clear that Donald Trump is unnecessarily ripping away crucial SNAP benefits from 42 million Americans, including 130,900 Idahoans, which are set to cease on November 1. Trump has already made the largest cut to food assistance in history, and now he is continuing his push to gut SNAP through the same reckless cuts included in his Republican budget. This time, he [...]

Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Representative Richard Stallings: “Idaho lost one of its true public servants with the passing of Richard Stallings. He never forgot who he was fighting for, and he never stopped showing up for the people of Idaho. From his years in the classroom at Ricks College to his four terms representing Idaho's 2nd [...]

In response to news that the private company managing Idaho’s Medicaid mental health benefits plans to cut provider pay by up to 15% following Republican budget holdbacks, Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea issued the following statement: “Idahoans understand how critical mental health services are. Now the Republican budget mess, which Governor Little has pledged to make permanent, is forcing deep cuts to treatment. Mental health providers will [...]

Every Idaho family has their favorite community traditions. When I was a kid, my parents took us to the drag races at Firebird Speedway and Boise State football games. Now, as a mom, my family still loves watching the Broncos and visiting the water park. Whatever your version of family fun, you trust that a day out will not end in chaos. There is always the possibility of a [...]

In response to the recent ICE raid in Wilder that left families zip-tied, children separated from parents, and even U.S. citizens detained, Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement: “What happened in Wilder was government overreach at its worst. Hundreds of agents descended on a small community, zip-tied adults and minors, fired rubber bullets into a peaceful crowd, and separated children from their parents, all [...]