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This week's Midweek Report dives into Senator Jim Risch spearheading efforts to protect Second Amendment rights by introducing the No Registry Rights Act. At the same time, Idaho's legislature tackles critical issues from immigration enforcement to DEI removal in higher education. The episode also covers the heartbreaking loss in the DC plane crash affecting Idaho's skating community, property tax relief proposals, significant developments in maternal healthcare, and much more!

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:51 Idaho Senator Leads Charge Against Federal Gun Registry

https://pocatellochubbuckobserver.com/2025/01/25/risch-cloud-introduce-bill-to-block-federal-gun-registry/ 

01:56 Idaho Legislature Advances Multiple Immigration Enforcement Bills

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/30/idaho-bill-would-unregister-voters-with-unconfirmed-citizenship/ 

https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/two-immigration-enforcement-bills-introduced-in-idaho-creating-new-state-crimes/article_24f6cdac-de9a-11ef-8f3c-1775b4f18f0c.html 

https://www.kivitv.com/downtown-boise/idaho-senate-advances-immigration-enforcement-bill 

03:33 Idaho Lawmakers Push to Ban DEI in State Colleges

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/jan/29/after-much-debate-bill-to-prohibit-dei-policies-at/ 

05:18 A Tragic Loss in D.C. Plane Crash, Idaho Skaters Mourned

https://www.kivitv.com/southeast-boise/boise-skaters-mourn-loss-of-coaches-and-athletes-in-deadly-plane-crash 

06:41 New Bill Challenges Government's Power to Require Masks

https://idahofreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/no-more-masks 

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/jan/28/mask-mandate-ban-heads-to-idaho-house-bonner-count/ 

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2025-01-27/idaho-house-mask-mandate-committee 

08:13 Idaho Bill Proposes Governor's Veto Power Over Voter Initiatives

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/jan/26/walkout-interrupts-bill-presentation/ 

https://www.kivitv.com/downtown-boise/idaho-house-passes-memorial-opposing-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-ruling 

09:36 Idaho Lawmakers Push to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage with HJM 1

https://www.kivitv.com/downtown-boise/idaho-womens-march-brings-hundreds-to-state-capitol 

11:12 Idaho Bill Breakdowns: Bills Explain Simply

https://localyocalidaho.substack.com/s/idaho-bill-breakdown 

13:00 Idaho Lawmakers Serve Up $35 Increase In Grocery Tax Relief

https://boisedev.com/news/2025/01/27/grocery-credit-increase/ 

14:22 Idaho Speaker Proposes New Property Tax Relief Bill

https://www.dnews.com/stories/house-speaker-presents-property-tax-bill-page_4a3 

15:31 $26K Payout Scrutinized in Idaho AG Office Rehiring Case

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/27/ex-idaho-ag-division-chief-was-paid-26k-for-unused-vacation-then-the-office-re-hired-him/ 

16:41 Idaho Lawmakers Push to Repeal Medicaid Expansion

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/jan/26/idaho-bill-would-end-medicaid-expansion-bonner-cou/ 

18:04 Idaho's Maternal Death Rates Plummet

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/30/idahos-maternal-death-rate-sharply-drops-new-state-government-report-finds/ 

19:17 Ada County Reins in Solar Development

https://boisedev.com/news/2025/01/27/solar-zoning-ada/ 

20:43 El Pollo Loco's Potential Meridian Landing

https://boisedev.com/news/2025/01/28/el-pollo-loco-meridian/ 

22:04 WinCo Expands with New Store and Shopping Center Coming to South Meridian

https://boisedev.com/news/2025/01/30/new-winco-planned-for-s-meridian-rd/ 

23:14 Closing