Spokane’s Prop 1: The Community Safety Sales Tax
Like many cities across Washington state, the city of Spokane is facing a public safety crisis. Graffiti and garbage line many downtown...
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ELECTION 2024
Sebastian Griffin
- Sep 27
- 2 min
Montana and Idaho's “Internet for All” initial proposals approved
Montana and Idaho continue to demonstrate their leadership in the Mountain States with the recent approvals of their Broadband Equity,...
Jason Mercier
- Sep 25
- 1 min
Review of 2024 ballot measures
Voters across the Mountain States will consider several important ballot measures this November. To help provide them with the...
Chris Cargill
- Sep 24
- 3 min
Bozeman plastics initiative: To ban plastic bags, straws
This November, voters in the city of Bozeman will decide whether to adopt a ban on plastic bags and straws, as well as foam containers. ...
Madilynne Clark
- Sep 23
- 3 min
Washington’s Initiative 2066: Promoting energy choice by protecting access to natural gas for homes and businesses
This November, Washington voters will decide if consumer energy choices deserve protection. Over the course of the last year, Washington...
Jason Mercier
- Sep 22
- 3 min
Montana’s CI-126 and CI-127: Enacting a Top 4 primary and 50% election threshold
This November, Montana voters will decide whether to adopt two separate constitutional amendments: CI-126 to require a non-partisan Top...
Sebastian Griffin
- Sep 20
- 3 min
Permitting reform is the key to unlocking broadband expansion
As billions of dollars in federal funding flows into states through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, the...
Sam Cardwell
- Sep 18
- 2 min
Mostly high marks for our region in Schweitzer's 2024 Index of Freedom report
Regionally based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) recently released its 2024 Index of Freedom report . The top five states in...
Jason Mercier
- Sep 17
- 4 min
Idaho’s Prop 1: Enacting Ranked Choice Voting and a Top 4 Primary for State Elections
This November, Idaho voters will decide whether to enact Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) for statewide elections while using a non-partisan...
MSPC Newsroom
- Sep 16
- 2 min
Judge Jeanine Pirro to speak at MSPC’s 2025 Spring Dinner in Coeur d’Alene
Mountain States Policy Center (MSPC) – the region’s premier free market think tank – has announced best-selling author and former Judge Jean
Chris Cargill
- Sep 12
- 2 min
New taxes, spending, recess time, and school board spouses
When the Idaho School Boards Association (ISBA) meets in Boise in November to pass a legislative platform, they may want to reconsider their
Dr. Roger Stark
- Sep 11
- 2 min
The doctor can’t see you now
The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, became law in 2010 and provisions from the legislation began in 2014. The overall goal of the law...
Jason Mercier
- Sep 9
- 3 min
State worker contract secrecy benefits no one
Note: This is a joint op-ed with Elizabeth New ( Washington Policy Center ) and Jackson Maynard ( Citizen Action Defense Fund )....
Chris Cargill
- Sep 6
- 2 min
What Idaho's education choice plan should - and should not - include
Ahead of the 2025 legislative session, lawmakers in Idaho are reportedly considering various plans to expand education choice options in the
Sebastian Griffin
- Sep 4
- 3 min
Broadband expansion: let the private sector lead, not government-owned networks
Across the country, local municipalities and county governments are taking on the task of establishing their own broadband utilities,...
Sam Cardwell
- Sep 3
- 5 min
How are education choice programs working across the country? Three states provide their comments
Across the country, states are increasing education choice offerings such as Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) or tax credits to provide...
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