Idaho Legislature: New Year. New Courage, New Motivation!! By Glenneda ZUIDERVELD (12/29/24)

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Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld discusses her upcoming plans as she sits on two important Idaho legislative committees:

Her top priorities for the 2025 legislative session include:

  • GROCERY/SALES TAX – Provide that sales of food shall be exempt from sales tax and revise the sales tax distribution formula. She will reintroduce then-Representative Ron Nate’s updated H448 (2022), which was printed but died in Ways & Means (01/20/22): legislature.idaho.gov/s…

  • STOP BUDGET WASTE — Identify and eliminate waste in our $13.9 billion Idaho State Budget. See DOGE Idaho article for more details: glenneda.substack.com/p…

    Budget slashing success will require a bold approach—think Milton Friedman bold.

Do check out comments from readers on this article, including:

  • How Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) wastes money on an expensive, liability-free, unproven cloud seeding program (but wants more money despite having no idea about how much they need or what good it will do): glenneda.substack.com/p…

  • Our usual request regarding health and other freedom legislation: glenneda.substack.com/p…

Related:

  • How to Testify at the Idaho State Legislature:

How to Testify at the Idaho State Legislature. Learn how to make your voice heard this session. By Brian Almon (12/27/24)

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Brian explains:

Before a bill can become law, it must first pass through committee hearings in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. These hearings allow sponsors to explain the bill'…

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