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Sep 223 min read

Montana’s CI-126 and CI-127: Enacting a Top 4 primary and 50% election threshold

This November, Montana voters will decide whether to adopt two separate constitutional amendments: CI-126 to require a non-partisan Top...

Sep 203 min read

Permitting reform is the key to unlocking broadband expansion

As billions of dollars in federal funding flows into states through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, the...

Sep 182 min read

Mostly high marks for our region in Schweitzer's 2024 Index of Freedom report

Regionally based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) recently released its 2024 Index of Freedom report . The top five states in...

Sep 174 min read

Idaho’s Prop 1: Enacting Ranked Choice Voting and a Top 4 Primary for State Elections

This November, Idaho voters will decide whether to enact Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for statewide elections while using a non-partisan...

Sep 162 min read

Judge Jeanine Pirro to speak at MSPC’s 2025 Spring Dinner in Coeur d’Alene

Mountain States Policy Center (MSPC) – the region’s premier free market think tank – has announced best-selling author and former Judge Jean

Sep 122 min read

New taxes, spending, recess time, and school board spouses

When the Idaho School Boards Association (ISBA) meets in Boise in November to pass a legislative platform, they may want to reconsider their

Sep 112 min read

The doctor can’t see you now

The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, became law in 2010 and provisions from the legislation began in 2014. The overall goal of the law...

Sep 93 min read

State worker contract secrecy benefits no one

Note: This is a joint op-ed with Elizabeth New ( Washington Policy Center ) and Jackson Maynard ( Citizen Action Defense Fund )....

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