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2021 Legislative Update: Week 15
10May
2021 Legislative Update: Week 15
PRO-LIFE Update: House Bill 220 (previously House Bill 17), sponsored by Representative Bruce Skaugg (R-Nampa), would ban taxpayer funds from being sent to abortion providers and prohibit any public contracting or public funding to a facility or organization that offers abortions. This past week, the House accepted amendments to this bill that were previously passed…

May 10, 2021 / In Legislative Summary, Legislative Update / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon 2021 Legislative Update: Week 15
2021 Legislative Update: Week 14
30Apr
2021 Legislative Update: Week 14
EDUCATION Update: House Bill 377 would protect free speech and prohibit K-12 teachers and professors of higher education institutions from requiring students to adopt a position on any issue personally. It promotes non-discriminatory practices in the classroom and allows for funds to be retracted from a school if there is a violation of this policy….

April 30, 2021 / In Legislative Summary, Legislative Update / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon 2021 Legislative Update: Week 14
Hanks: Critical Race Theory and Carrots
26Apr
Hanks: Critical Race Theory and Carrots
It’s an age-old trick: dangling the carrot in front of the donkey to get him to move; in other words, to induce desired behavior. Presently in Idaho, the “carrot” is the millions of dollars in federal grants, which induces acceptance of the accompanying ideologies within the Critical Race Theory and other “social justice” agendas. Critical…

April 26, 2021 / In Commentary / Tags: Critical Race Theory, Karey Hanks, Social Justice / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon Hanks: Critical Race Theory and Carrots
2021 Legislative Update: Week 5
13Feb
2021 Legislative Update: Week 5
ECONOMY & TAXATION New Legislation: House Bill 140 was introduced this week, sponsored by Representative Priscilla Giddings. This bill would prohibit any government entity in Idaho from contracting with a company that discriminates against their employees based on vaccination status. Update: House Bill 7 would allow Idaho to diversify the forms of funds it holds. …

February 13, 2021 / In Legislative Summary, Legislative Update / Tags: ECONOMY & TAXATION, Education, Family Prosperity, GOOD GOVERNANCE, STATE OF EMERGENCY / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon 2021 Legislative Update: Week 5
2021 Legislative Update: Week 3
29Jan
2021 Legislative Update: Week 3
EMERGENCY POWERS Update: House Concurrent Resolution 2, introduced by Representative Barbara Ehardt and Representative Brent Crane, was passed out of the house with a vote of 55-15. The bill has now been sent to the Senate State Affairs Committee. The resolution calls for the end of restrictions on the size of gatherings in Idaho. The…

January 29, 2021 / In Legislative Summary, Legislative Update / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon 2021 Legislative Update: Week 3
Smaller Regs, Bigger Government
08Jan
Smaller Regs, Bigger Government
The Madison Liberty Institute on Governor Little’s State Address: Last year, in his first State-of-the-State address, Idaho Governor, Brad Little, was disappointing. He tossed out one or two conservative nuggets but mostly delivered a big-government banquet that would please any progressive or socialist. It was disappointing from freedom, liberty, and constitutional perspectives, but it was…

January 8, 2020 / In Commentary, Team Articles / Tags: Big Government, Education, Family, Governor Little, Healthcare, Idaho, Idaho Code, Regulations, Religious Freedom, Sales Tax, State of the State / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon Smaller Regs, Bigger Government
Our Incomparable Constitution
17Sep
Our Incomparable Constitution
On the occasion of the commemoration of the signing of the Constitution, on 17 September 1787, some 232 years ago, we pause to remember the significance of that event and its implications for modern patriots. The American colonists had been gathering to this continent, starting with the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English…

September 17, 2019 / In Know the Constitution, Team Articles / Tags: 1787, 5000 Year Leap, A More Perfect Union, Abraham Lincoln, American, American History, American Revolution, America’s Godly Heritage, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Butch Otter, CATO Institute, Constitution, Constitution Day, Constitution of the United States, Constitutional Convention, David Barton, Deuteronomy, Ezra Taft Benson, George Washington, God, Heavenly Father, Holy Scripture, Idaho Freedom Foundation, John Adams, John Fiske, John Quincy Adams, Jud Miller, Liberty, Madison Liberty, Madison Liberty Institute, National Center for Constitutional Studies, posterity, The Making of America, The Proper Role of Government, U.S. Constitution, United States, US Constitution Day, US History, W. Cleon Skousen, War for Independence, William Gladstone / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon Our Incomparable Constitution
Public Hearings Scheduled to Address New Birth Certificate Rule
04Sep
Public Hearings Scheduled to Address New Birth Certificate Rule
Thousands of signatures were collected across Idaho requesting that public hearings be scheduled to discuss changes made to an administrative rule under the name of “vital statistics”: IDAPA 16.02.08 – COMPLETION AND CORRECTION OF CERTIFICATES. (More information has been published on the Idaho Administrative Bulletin and can be found here.) Since April 2019, Idahoans have…

September 4, 2019 / In BrushFires, Policy Articles / Tags: 2019 legislative session, Administrative Rules, Birth Certificate, Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Family Prosperity, Gender, gender change, Idaho, Idaho Administrative Bulletin, Idaho Administrative Code, Idaho Code, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Idaho Falls, IDAPA, IDAPA 16.02.08, Lewiston, Madison Liberty, Petition, Public Hearing, Public Hearings, Rules, sex change, signatures, Twin Falls, Vital Statistics / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon Public Hearings Scheduled to Address New Birth Certificate Rule
Petition to Request a Public Hearing on IDAPA Rule to Change Birth Certificate

Complete the form below to add your name to this petition to request a public hearing in your community. Please keep in mind there is a deadline! TAKE ACTION before Wednesday, JULY 17 to make your voice heard on this important matter. Loading…

July 12, 2019 / In BrushFires, Policy Articles / Tags: Birth Certificate, Family Prosperity, Health & Welfare, Idaho, IDAPA, Public Hearing, Rule Change / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Offon Petition to Request a Public Hearing on IDAPA Rule to Change Birth Certificate
Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
05Jul
Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
Happy 243rd America! In honor of Independence Day yesterday, we thought it appropriate (and fun) to share this parody of the song Apologize by OneRepublic/Timbaland from Soomo Learning. The parody, Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration, was the publisher’s attempt “to humanize the sentiment of the founders in writing the declaration.” According to Soomo, the…

July 5, 2019 / In BrushFires, Resources / Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Declaration, Declaration of Independence, John Adams, Parody, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration, United States / By Madison Liberty Institute / Comments Off