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		<title>David Ripley:  Conscience Protection Bill Passes Legislature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Chooses Life
The Idaho House voted 51-18 to approve SB1353, legislation designed to protect the conscience rights of all licensed health care providers practicing in Idaho. Only two Republicans voted against the measure (George Eskridge of Sandpoint and Tom Trail of Moscow).
Two courageous Democrats, Jim Ruchti (Pocatello) and Branden Durst (Boise) broke with the majority [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/18/idaho-legislature/david-ripley-conscience-protection-bill-passes-legislature/</link>
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		<title>Richard Larsen:  It Pays to be Counted</title>
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By Richard Larsen
Some fear it, while others extol it. The quantification of demographic information is perhaps the most mundane thing the government does, but don’t let that mundaneness fool you. Its results are at the heart of the politics and federal funds allocation for the next several years which makes it even more imperative that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/15/politics/richard-larsen-it-pays-to-be-counted/</link>
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		<title>Rep. Tom Loertscher:  House Highlights, March 15, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Representative Tom Loertscher, R-Bone
I like to get to the State House early in the morning, before the committee secretaries are in the building and even better, to avoid the heavy traffic as it descends on downtown Boise. It works most days and it provides me with a few minutes to plan for the day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/15/idaho-legislature/rep-tom-loertscher-house-highlights-march-15-2010/</link>
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		<title>David Ripley:  House Committee Approves SB1353</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Chooses Life
The House State Affairs Committee approved SB1353 this morning on a party-line vote, 13-5.
After two days of testimony, the committee voted for Rep. Crane&#8217;s motion to send the bill to the floor with a &#8220;do-pass&#8221; recommendation. Democrats Higgins and King made substitute motions to kill and/or amend the legislation. Those motions failed both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/12/idaho-legislature/david-ripley-house-committee-approves-sb1353/</link>
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		<title>David Ripley:  Andreason, Stegner and Coiner &#8211; Dependable Liberals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Chooses Life

Despite the serious threat posed to every Idaho family by ObamaCare, three Idaho Senate liberals joined with their Democrat compatriots in opposing the Idaho Health Freedom Act this afternoon.
The legislation is part of a strategic defense of Idaho against the threatened federal take-over of health care called for by Gov. Butch Otter. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/10/idaho-legislature/david-ripley-andreason-stegner-and-coiner-dependable-liberals/</link>
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		<title>Richard Larsen:  American Storm Brewing</title>
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By Richard Larsen
It appears that a storm is brewing. This is an ideological storm, and is of monumental proportions, and it appears to be sweeping the nation with hurricane force. It is, intrinsically, a grass roots movement to its very core. The forces converging to create the political disturbance are motivated by a visceral reaction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/08/guest-posts/richard-larsen-american-storm-brewing/</link>
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		<title>Rep. Tom Loertscher:  House Highlights, March 7, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Representative Tom Loertscher, R-Bone
We are still on target to have adjournment before the first of April, that is if someone does not move the target. In a way targets get moved around here quite frequently and one of them got moved some this week as rumors about the February revenue numbers spread all over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/07/idaho-legislature/rep-tom-loertscher-house-highlights-march-7-2010/</link>
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		<title>Richard Larsen:  &#8220;Green Police&#8221; &#8211; Parody or Portent?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Larsen
Imagine yourself preparing to pay for your purchase at a local grocery store, and the clerk asks you, “Paper or plastic?” Innocuously, and preferring the diverse functionality of plastic bags, you reply, “Plastic.” Next thing you know your head is being smacked against the scanner and you’re being cuffed by some fearsome-looking officer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/03/02/politics/richard-larsen-green-police-parody-or-portent/</link>
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		<title>Rep. Tom Loertscher: House Highlights, February 28, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Representative Tom Loertscher, R-31
I can’t remember a time when we have had a chance to look at a preliminary budget blueprint that has had so many red numbers (budget decreases) on it. As it came to us at week’s end, it took the breath from some of us who have been busy with other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/02/28/idaho-legislature/rep-tom-loertscher-house-highlights-february-28-2010/</link>
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		<title>David Ripley:  Senate Passes Conscience Protections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Chooses Life
By a vote of 21-13, the Idaho State Senate gave its approval to SB1353 this morning following lengthy debate.
In contrast to the committee hearing, much of the debate this morning was focused on the consequences of acknowledging the conscience rights of providers in end-of-life situations.
Sen. Les Bock (D-Boise) made one of the more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trishandhalli.com/2010/02/27/idaho-legislature/david-ripley-senate-passes-conscience-protections/</link>
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