Dori Healey

BOISE, Idaho — Each day we're getting closer to the election and despite a lot of focus on the presidential race, many local and state races are also on the ballot. I'm your West Boise Neighborhood Reporter Jessica Davis in District 15 talking to candidates running for State Representative 15B.

Republican Rep. Dori Healey and Democratic challenger Shari Baber disagree sharply on an education issue that has cut somewhat along party lines.

Healey, like a number of Statehouse Republicans, has opposed Idaho Launch, GOP Gov. Brad Little’s fledgling $70 million-a-year program to provide high school graduates with aid for college or career training. Baber supports it — much like Statehouse Democrats, who have unanimously backed Launch, casting pivotal votes to nudge the program through the Legislature.

Boise Republican Rep. Dori Healey is pushing for a new bill in the Idaho Legislature that would reestablish a maternal mortality review committee in state law.

Skaug and Rep. Dori Healey, R-Boise, sponsored HB 465, which adds to Idaho’s penalties for child pornography to include AI-generated images that appear to be real children.

House Bill 264 would create some legal infrastructure for the industry. The bill is cosponsored by Boise Reps. Brooke Green, a Democrat, and Dori Healey, a Republican.