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New Gun Bill affects how nonprofits can regulate firearms & other important bills

3/12/2025

Why this matters: This bill affects nonprofits that use public space (e.g. parks) and their ability to regulate firearms during programs held there.

Call to action: Share your views with House representatives as it will advance to the House floor soon.

This bill removes previous restrictions on carrying concealed weapons on public property. Nonprofits that rent or lease public property may no longer stop concealed firearms during the time of the land use. Organizations that host concerts, for example, often have contracts with performers that prohibit weapons.

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Updates on Executive Orders Affecting Nonprofits

3/12/2025

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The National Council of Nonprofits has released updated materials regarding the impact of Executive Orders from the Trump administration on nonprofits. These resources outline how current policy changes could affect nonprofits and their operations.

Included is a chart of important Executive Orders impacting nonprofits, FAQs on federal actions and their effects, a Nonprofit Checklist on what to do if your federal grant or contract is cancelled, and a webform to report the effects on executive actions on your nonprofit work.

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New bill stops trigger for Medicaid Expansion repeal & Idaho Legislative Roundup

3/3/2025

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Why this matters: The repeal of Medicaid Expansion threatens healthcare access for thousands of Idahoans, potentially leaving many without essential services including nonprofits and the communities they serve

Call to action: Share your views with the Senate Health and Welfare Committee to protect Medicaid Expansion in Idaho.

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I Have 12 Things to Say...

3/3/2025

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Thoughts, observations, and stream of consciousness* on the nonprofit sector in Idaho from INC's, Kevin Bailey.

Kevin Bailey with Mayor Art Bettge (Moscow) and Jaime Jovanovich-Walker (Palouse Land Trust)

1 – What is the financial risk to nonprofits losing government grants? On average, about one-third of total nonprofit sector funding comes from government sources.

2 – To break those numbers down further, a recent report by the Urban Institute identified that Idaho has 477 nonprofits that report (on their 990) receiving government grants (i.e., from any gov. source: city, county, state, federal). The aggregate total funding from government sources in Idaho is...

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New Gun Bill affects how nonprofits can regulate firearms & other important bills

Updates on Executive Orders Affecting Nonprofits

New bill stops trigger for Medicaid Expansion repeal & Idaho Legislative Roundup

I Have 12 Things to Say...

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