Redistricting map has big impact in area

In Idaho, a bipartisan redistricting commission is tasked with creating 35 new legislative districts based on the 2010 Census figures.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Medicaid cuts improved by public input

As the vice-chairman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and a member of the Joint Appropriations-Finance Committee, I am familiar with both the fiscal hardship facing our state and the impact it has on our most vulnerable citizens.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Insurers' code of conduct would improve health care

During the past legislative session we considered many important pieces of legislation, and there are important issues that can be addressed at a legislative level. However, there are some issues that need to be dealt with in the private sector. This is what has taken place with the American Medical …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Legislators facing tough budgetary choices

Recently I set off a media firestorm by proposing legislation in the Idaho Senate that would terminate the Idaho Women’s Commission. There have been many suggestions regarding my motives that are disappointing in the least, but repugnant to me as a legislator and a woman at worst.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO