For many years, the people who work for us through state government have seen their real wages decline, their health care costs increase and the workload increase as well. Despite hopeful signs in January that some of that ground might be made up this year, the legislature appears ready to provide only minimal pay increases which will likely be more than offset by shifting more costs of insurance onto employees. Read More »

On January 31, Idaho finally introduced a bill responding the unanimous national call to divest from foreign companies that are funding genocide in Sudan. Many states have already accomplished this and it ought to be passed in Idaho unanimously like a federal law calling on divestment. But, strangely, Idaho's public employee retirement system is opposing the measure. Read More »