Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) would say about budget negotiations that “the pain was inevitable but the suffering was optional.” Sometimes, though, the suffering is not optional.

The strength of our democracy lies in the ability of citizens to participate in their government. Idaho’s erratic and opaque legislative process is increasingly cutting citizens out of the ...

Over the course of 82 days, a little over 1,000 bills were introduced to the Idaho Legislature. Making it difficult to fully grasp what happened in that period of time. A session primarily dominated ...