Idaho Democratic Party News and Articles

Every day brings a new headline about Idaho cutting vital services, therapies for children with disabilities, law enforcement, firefighting, and schools. Last week, Democratic legislators rolled out a package of budget solutions to limit the damage. What are Republican legislators up to? Pushing a slate of bills to harass Idahoans they don’t like and override local control. Take HB 557. In the absence of state action, many local governments [...]

Today, the Idaho Democratic Party announced that U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D–Mich.) will deliver a keynote speech at the Frank & Bethine Church Gala on Saturday, March 7 in Boise. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, previously announced as a keynote speaker, will also deliver remarks. “Senator Slotkin is proof that Democrats can win the fights that matter. In Michigan, one of the toughest battlegrounds in the country, she won a [...]

Idaho doesn’t have to choose between a balanced budget and meeting the needs of its people. We can do both. But that requires that the Legislature stops defaulting to cuts and starts making choices that strengthens our state. Idaho Democrats are offering a better path, one that keeps people working, supports kids and families, and protects the investments that drive our economy. One place to start is relief that [...]

Today, the Idaho Democratic Party announced that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will deliver keynote remarks at the Frank & Bethine Church Gala on Saturday, March 7 in Boise. “The federal government is weaponizing its power, ignoring court orders, and acting outside the Constitution. In Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz has pushed back, demanded accountability, and stood with communities after federal actions led to deadly consequences. Here in Idaho, too many [...]

Idaho’s state budget is on fire. Emergency cuts were already underway when the Legislature convened in January. You might have hoped the Republican supermajority would bring fire hoses. Instead, they’re pouring gasoline on it. Republicans are ramming through a tax conformity bill to match changes made in Washington, D.C., blowing a hole of hundreds of millions of dollars in the budget, with costs that will only grow. Democrats pushed [...]

The founders of our country knew tyranny. British soldiers occupied towns, enforced a distant ruler’s will, and used violence to crush dissent. That experience shaped a Constitution built to restrain power: three coequal branches, civilian control, due process, limits on unreasonable searches and seizures, and freedoms to speak, assemble, worship, bear arms, and protest injustice. In Minneapolis, those safeguards are collapsing under the current regime. We see masked armed [...]

Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement in response to the killing of Alex Pretti: “Alex Pretti should be alive today, but he was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. Idahoans believe in limits on government power because history shows what happens without them. What we are witnessing is federal lawlessness. DHS and the Trump regime are blocking investigations and lying to cover up a [...]

Public dollars should serve the public. That means supporting public schools that educate every child who walks through the door and prepare the workforce Idaho depends on. This principle is under attack. Last spring, the Republican supermajority passed a $50 million tax-credit voucher scheme to subsidize private, religious, and for-profit tuition, along with home schooling. Idahoans fought it. More than 32,000 people contacted Governor Brad Little urging a veto. [...]

Governor Little just laid out his budget proposal for the year ahead. It shows what he’s willing to invest in and what services he wants to take away. It speaks volumes about what, and who, he values. Little is telling Idaho families they must swallow cuts to health care, education, public safety, and more. In the same breath, he’s defending reckless giveaways that blew a $450 million hole in [...]