#StrongerFamilies

Parents and children need to be together as much as possible in the weeks following a birth or adoption. Children benefit, parents benefit, and the state benefits when we support a culture that balances the demands of work with the demands of family.

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18 of 70 Idaho House members were honored as Idaho Ag All-Stars last week. I was honored to be among those selected. Agriculture, water, and our natural resource industries drive Idaho's economy, and I will continue to have a seat at the table to protect and preserve them. Thank you Food Producers of Idaho for the recognition.

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Tune in tomorrow morning to KLIX 1310.

Our higher education institutions were in town today. We were visited by our CSI Board of Trustees and the 2020 CSI Leadership Team early this morning.

#StrongerCommunities

We are back at the Capitol today with a busy agenda in House Health and Welfare. I appreciate the many emails over the weekend on the proposed legislation.

Special thank you to the engaged readers of our newsletter. I erred. Governor Little is solidly at the helm of Idaho's executive branch and made last week's Executive Order. We are human. I own it.

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Weekly Update - January 13-18 - https://mailchi.mp/2eb2d6d5bb16/weekly-update-12115157

Thank you Idaho State Police.

Rep. Lickley at our legislative day at the range with the Idaho State Police. Thank you ISP for the invitation and for your service!

Representative Kauffman and I put all ten of our LD25 elementary schools into a cup this week and drew two names to receive our 2020 Blue Cross of Idaho Steps for Schools monies this year. And, the winners are Popplewell Elementary in Buhl and Heritage Academy in Jerome.

We challenge each of you and them to walk the 10,000 steps a day with us the entire month of February.

#Steps4Schools
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House Resource and Conservation Committee yesterday. A reminder to follow along at www.legislature.idaho.gov. RS is a routing slip and brought forth to the committee for an introduction to send it to print, or give it a bill #. ... See more

Justice Burdick addressed the House today in the State of the Judiciary. He spoke of the three separate, but equal, branches of government and the challenges that Idaho's population growth has had on the judicial system. He also addressed some of Idaho's successes in navigating mental illness in the court system and said that the courts are "breaking the mental illness-to-jail pipeline". Crisis intervention preparedness training this last year for our first responders is working.

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