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Good News: Recent Court Ruling Protects Idaho State Sovereignty

How the Recent SVH Corp v. NLRB Ruling Supports Idaho’s State Sovereignty Efforts By Rebecca Smith, MVLA Contributor, January 4, 2025 State sovereignty is a critical issue for Idaho, especially as it seeks to assert its authority over areas traditionally governed at the state level, such as labor regulations, land use, and resource management. The […]

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Idaho GOP 2025 Winter Meeting Recap: Twin Falls County Representatives Not Representing Magic Valley Voters

By Leslie Wolff, MVLA Contributor, Jan. 3 & 4, 2025 Greetings Liberty Lovers,As I continue to navigate my way through the Idaho political scene, I decided to attend the IDGOP Winter Meeting to see what it’s all about. It was an interesting two days and I’m glad I went. Who makes up the Idaho State […]

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Download Your Free Copy of the 2024 Idaho Pork Report

This year’s report by Idaho Freedom Foundation on government waste, the 2024 Pork Report, is now available to download and read — now available to everyone! Their researchers have worked tirelessly day and night to uncover the worst examples of bureaucratic pork. From police car parade floats, to funding the woke LGBT agenda, to hiring […]

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Power Players. Meeting Before the Meeting: Twin Falls County Republican Central Committee December Recap

December 11, 2024 Greetings Liberty Lovers, I caution you not to blink… oops, you missed it. That is how the Precinct Committeemen felt that night. The meeting lasted a whopping 15 minutes from start to finish. PUTTING US IN OUR PLACE. When we arrived, the chairs were reserved for us to sit in precinct order. […]

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2025 session Articles

MVLA War Room Tools for Keeping Idaho Legislators Accountable

Bookmark these sites. Idaho Signal is a daily online broadcast through Citizens Alliance of Idaho providing a platform for conservative legislators and citizens across the state. Idaho Signal broadcasts Monday through Friday, from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm MT. Capitol Clarity Watch on You Tube these weekly informative one-hour presentations (different conservative presenters each week), every […]

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Lava Ridge Wind Project Update: First, the Bad News.

Despite years of opposition, that virtually no one wants this in their backyard, and that all Magic Valley County commissioners have publicly opposed it (you can read MVLA’s report here) Biden’s Bureau of Land Management announced on December 6 it has approved the Lava Ridge Wind Project northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho. Read BLM announcement. […]

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Idaho State News War Room

Draining Idaho’s Swamp: Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld Exposes Misappropriation of Public Funds

Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld, Dist 24, Novmeber 26, 2024 I have always said: What good are laws if they are ignored? It’s time to expose corruption if we ever hope to achieve meaningful tax relief for Idahoans. We must put an end to the waste and misuse of your hard-earned money. As I discuss these issues […]

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Senator Jim Risch’s Bill to Bring Lava Ridge to a Standstill

November 22, 2024 My bill to bring Lava Ridge to a standstill passed the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources this week. This legislation is a powerful step in our fight to completely cancel this disastrous project. We achieved additional victories for Idaho including passage of my:

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Pandemonium! Cherry Picking the Rules! Messy Voting! Twin Falls County Republican Central Committee November Recap

November’s meetings (13th and 18th) were unbelievable. Read why there were two meetings — and so much more! By Leslie Wolff, Precinct Committeeman, TF #14 In my report on the October meeting, I called out nine of my fellow Precinct Committeeman who had not bothered to attend. This month, four of those nine attended our […]

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Part 6: The Courage to Turn Your Angst into Action

Approximate reading time: 4.5 minutes As I sometimes do while running errands, I tuned into the radio talk show of the hour. On this particular occasion, my errands ran longer than expected. By the time I got out of my car I was vibrating from an hour of ranting, raving, shaming and blaming (with an […]

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Magic Valley Legislators Announce DOGE Idaho

Come January, while Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will be cleaning up the Deep State’s appalling waste and fraud of our taxpayer dollars in Washington, Magic Valley legislators vow they will be cutting waste and fraud in Idaho. Magic Valley legislators Glenneda Zuiderveld, Clint Hostetler, David Leavitt, and Josh Kohl — along with Christy […]

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OP-ED

While Trump Drains the Swamp in Washington, Let’s Drain the Swamp in Idaho

Congratulations, Magic Valley! Prop 1 was defeated and conservative legislators won big. We won an election. Now let’s win the war against liberal swamp policies, right here in the Magic Valley and in Idaho. So let’s not make the mistake of thinking that by having Trump in the White House, and Magic Valley conservative legislators […]

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Ranked Choice Voting

Magic Valley Voters Defeat Prop 1

Thank you, Magic Valley voters. You did it! Percentage of No Votes in Magic Valley Counties Twin Falls 75% Gooding 81% Jerome 78% Lincoln 77% Minidoka 81% Percentage of No Votes in Other States Colorado 55% Missouri 69% Montana 52% Nevada 54% Oregon 60% South Dakota 66% Alaska repealed ranked choice voting by 52% Washington, […]

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Idaho State News

Which Way Idaho Legislature?

Do We Deserve a 43% Increase? By Sen. Glenneda Zuiderveld, Dist. 24 Idaho legislators are on the verge of becoming the highest-paid part-time lawmakers in the country. If the Compensation Committee approves the 43% pay increase and legislators do nothing to stop it, it will be clear that priorities in the Statehouse need realigning—toward the […]

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Part 5: The Courage of the Black Robed Regiment

How the 18th century church stood for liberty and why it must do so again Approximate reading time: 4 minutes I just finished reading this most timely book. With our volatile election just days away now, I am seeing more and more news reports that our nation is vulnerable of being plunged into social anarchy, […]