The Blog at MSPC

The release of our Idaho Poll this week has, rightly, received a lot of attention. Digging through the numbers, just about anyone can...

Mountain States Policy Center (MSPC), in cooperation with the Boise-based GS Strategy Group, is proud to announce the results of our 2022...

The Fraser Institute’s latest report on economic freedom contains few surprises. The Canadian-based think tank ranks states and provinces...

The damaging consequences of a bad policy can develop quickly. It has been four years now since voters in Idaho passed Medicaid expansion...

Harvest and fall groundwork are concluding for western farmers, and tractors and equipment are finally resting for the season – a much...

Legislators in Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming are preparing to head back to their respective capitals this January to begin...

Our ideas to improve public schools are getting a lot of attention. Not only was my recent column printed in more than a dozen newspapers...

From Washington’s cranberries to Utah’s turkeys, the only Thanksgiving dish the five Western states can’t grow is sweet potatoes (though...

Be grateful - for the first time in three years, families are gathering to celebrate Thanksgiving in person. However, the cost of the...

Education freedom for parents could be one of the top issues of the upcoming legislative session, not only in Idaho but across the...

September seems like a long time ago. That’s when Idaho lawmakers approved a dramatic change in the state’s income tax – flattening the...

Federal land is defined as land that is owned by the United States federal government. The Property Clause in Article 4 Section 3 of the...

Montana may be about to join the collection of states - including its neighbor - seeking to lower its income tax to remain competitive....

We have seen dire warnings from many activists and some politicians across the region regarding climate change and the future of our...

It wasn’t overwhelming approval, but voters in the Gem State gave a thumbs up to a constitutional amendment that would allow the...

Nationally speaking, Tuesday’s election results might not have been what everyone was expecting or predicting. It may take days or weeks...

The results from Tuesday’s election continue to ripple through state legislatures and school boards across the nation. Exit polling shows...

Citizens across the Mountain States and the nation are busy casting ballots for the 2022 general election. Some have already voted by...

Everyone makes mistakes, and if you’ve ever used a computer or smartphone, you know typos are a commonplace occurrence. But an oops on a...

Voter apathy runs rampant in many mid-term elections and lower voter turnout is the result. Lower profile races, indifference towards...