LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: New and improved library bill introduced | New podcast episode on school pronoun policies
1. Idaho House approves new and improved Children’s School and Library Protection Act Is the third time really the charm? We sure hope so. On Monday, Rep. Jaron Crane (R-Nampa), Speaker Mike Moyle (R-Star), and Sen. Chuck Winder (R-Meridian) reintroduced an updated version of the Children’s School and Library Protection Act, which largely utilizes model language […]
LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: Effort to repeal needle exchange program, some major wins for life, and California being California…
1. Idaho bill would deal knockout punch to the taxpayer-funded needle exchange program Idaho House Bill 617 gets a gold star from IFPC! The bill, which is sponsored by Rep. John Vander Woude (R-Nampa), would repeal the Idaho Syringe and Needle Exchange Act that provides free, clean intravenous needles for drug users. Around 65% of likely […]
LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: Labrador Seeks SCOTUS Intervention | AI-Generated Exploitative Materials
1. Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador asks SCOTUS to intervene in Vulnerable Child Protection Act case With the passage of the Vulnerable Child Protection Act last year, Idaho became the tenth state to protect gender-confused children from gender dysphoria. Things took a dark turn a couple months back when an activist judge blocked enforcement of […]
LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: Bill Targets State Vaccine Registry | Progress on Domestic Terrorism and Fentanyl Legislation
1. Domestic terrorism bill is currently on hold in House committee The domestic terrorism bill – which is sponsored by Rep. Doug Pickett (R-Oakley) and Sen. Kelly Anthon (R-Burley) – received a public hearing in the House Judiciary and Rules Committee earlier this week. Our legislative liaison, Julie Lynde, was there to provide the last […]
LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: Anti-Christian Blaine Amendment | Media Misleads Public on 9th Circuit Ruling
1. Idaho Family Policy Center supports effort to repeal the anti-Christian Blaine Amendment More than 30 state constitutions feature Blaine Amendments, which prohibit faith-based schools and ministries from taking advantage of government programs that are available to non-religious organizations. Supporters of the Blaine Amendment were originally motivated by late-nineteenth century anti-Catholic sentiment that was prevalent […]
LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: Library smut bill shelved | Bill targets fentanyl dealers
1. Idaho fentanyl bill approved by House committee Here’s proof that biblical citizenship works: Because you got involved, a bill that addresses fentanyl drug trafficking passed out of the House Judiciary and Rules Committee earlier this week! House Bill 406 – which is sponsored by Rep. Ted Hill (R-Eagle) and Sen. Todd Lakey (R-Nampa) – […]
News Roundup: University DEI | Huge human trafficking revelation
1. DEI-loving Harvard University president resigns—but we still need to clean house here in Idaho Harvard University President Claudine Gay – whose radicalism was put on open display during congressional hearings on campus antisemitism last month – has resigned after weeks of public controversy. The resignation is not a huge loss for Harvard—after all, Claudine Gay is […]
News Roundup: Pocatello awards drag queens | Labrador fights Boise homelessness
1. Idaho Family Policy Center fights for Iowa’s Heartbeat Law Planned Parenthood will stop at nothing to protect their biggest money maker—abortions. Even though the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs that states can regulate abortion to protect human life, Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit challenging Iowa’s newly implemented Heartbeat law. Now, the Iowa Supreme Court is […]
