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Featuring research and recommendations from MSPC's policy experts, the second edition examines some of the most pressing issues facing Idaho, Montana, Washington, and the nation, offering practical, fact-based alternatives to government expansion and excessive regulation.

His winning paper, “Closing the Age Loophole: How Idaho Should Protect Children from AI Companions,” examines gaps in protections for minors when companies do not determine whether their users are children. Smith recommends privacy-preserving age assurance, safeguards for users who may be minors and an appeals process for adults incorrectly classified as children.

Watters challenged attendees to help their fellow citizens resist the growing temptation of socialism and instead embrace the principles of freedom, personal responsibility and economic opportunity.

Now the region’s most anticipated free-market event of the year, the annual fundraiser supports MSPC’s research, education and outreach programs.

Idaho taxpayers spend millions of dollars supporting public colleges and universities each year. But are they getting the results they deserve?

From protecting children online to managing public lands, this year’s Sawtooth Leadership Academy finalists have taken on some of the most pressing policy questions facing the Mountain States.

Under the proposal, homeowners would need to have lived in Wyoming for at least one year and occupied their primary residence for at least six months of the previous tax year. The exemption would apply to the residential structure, excluding land.

The study highlights a distinction voters should understand: the $1 million exemption is established in statute, rather than protected by the state constitution. Lawmakers could change that exemption through future legislation, potentially extending the tax to additional taxpayers.