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Connection research · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Primary council roles verified; donor information labeled secondary reporting; exact appointment and role dates unresolved.
New governmental relationship: Laurie Lickley is listed as an Idaho Behavioral Health Council member in the council's strategic plan approved June 29, 2021, printed page 4. Fellow council members included co-chairs Sara Omundson and Dave Jeppesen; Jeff Agenbroad, Brooke Green, David Nelson, David Pate, Gene Petty, Josh Tewalt, Monty Prow, Brent Mendenhall, Jennifer Griffis and Eric Studebaker. These are dated shared-council roles, not evidence of personal …
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Primary official portal transcription; historical and current data distinguished.
The current Sunshine portal displays 24 contribution entries for WinAg PAC, spanning April 29, 2024 through June 5, 2026. Their sum is $260,500: calendar 2024 $197,500; 2025 $10,000; 2026 $53,000. This is the complete displayed current-portal ledger, not a lifetime total: 2022 records exist in the legacy portal. All displayed contributions have Idaho addresses, but an Idaho address does not establish that all underlying association members or capital are I…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Primary official portal transcription; historical and current data distinguished.
WinAg's official records disclose Idaho Dairy Industry PAC contributions of $8,000 in 2022, $30,000 on April 29, 2024, and $20,000 on May 4, 2026: $58,000 across the reviewed legacy and current records. This is a direct financial connection.
The Idaho Dairymen's Association Summer 2026 newsletter goes further: its PAC discussion explicitly describes working with WinAg in Districts 24, 25 and 28. It places those races in the context of E-Verify legislation…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Official portal entries transcribed; totals have stated reconciliation limits.
Captured September 18, 2026. These are entries attributed to Chenele Dixon's 2024 election cycle, including 2023 receipts. This is part 3 of the 276-entry contribution ledger. The full ledger sums to $86,330.19, versus $86,350.34 on the profile: a $20.15 difference remains unresolved. Loans and outside independent expenditures are separate. Contribution type (cash versus in-kind) is not independently classified here. Names retain the portal's wording. Thes…
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Recorded status: arithmetic verified; budget-reallocation explanation is inference, not bank-transfer proof
Additional primary-document reconciliation after inspecting KHQ's original248931 (May8) and revised248931 (May13). Original248931 totals18spots/$16,775gross/$2,516.25commission/$14,258.75net; revised totals29spots/$23,275gross/$3,491.25commission/$19,783.75net. The gross increase is exactly$6,500. Over the same May8-revised to May13-revised comparison,248930 decreases exactly$6,500 ($20,325 to$13,825). Their combined gross remains$37,100 before and after. …
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Recorded status: Distinct creative IDs, linked videos and platform-reported delivery verified; campaign claims, production payee and broadcast equivalence unverified
Eight Google political-ad records resolve to distinct issue-based videos on the same Defend and Protect Idaho YouTube channel. Visible ad copy tells viewers to reject the named candidates. The following is a primary platform index, not endorsement or verification of the advertisements' claims; all flight dates are 2026.
Title | Google creative | YouTube video ID | Flight | Spend range USD | Times shown
Idaho Immigration: Zuiderveld & Hostetler | CR0051011…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: First-party operational and promotion evidence; 501(c)(4) status self-described; financial terms and IRS records unverified.
ICEN's current board page is /board, replacing the previously cited /the-board path. It lists Laurie Lickley, Tara Jalali Malek, Kelley Packer, Tommy Ahlquist and Allyson Reynolds. This first-party roster corroborates the five-person board previously identified in a dated column.
New operational evidence: ICEN's September 2026 Brundage Ski Pass Giveaway Official Rules, section 13, directs winner-list requests to ashley@idahoatlas.com. This establishes use…
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Recorded status: Primary official portal transcription; historical and current data distinguished.
The official Idaho business registry's April 8, 2026 annual-report history for Prescott Cattle and Consulting LLC (entity 502552; report control 0006748644) lists Christie Jean Prescott as manager in both the removed and added party entries. This appears as a renewed manager entry, not evidence that she newly acquired the company on that date. Wyatt Prescott remains the registered agent. Ownership percentages and the complete operating agreement are not di…
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Recorded status: Primary funding relationships verified; current process and historical personnel role verified; Idaho earmarking and specific grant approver unresolved.
Open Society Policy Center's original 2020 Schedule I lists two grants to All Hands on Deck Network DBA Movement Voter Project, EIN 37-1697474: $100,000 (entry 6) and $87,400 (entry 7), totaling $187,400. Both state SUPPORT POLICY ADVOCACY. This primary-verifies an upstream funding relationship independent of Sixteen Thirty Fund. Sixteen Thirty's 2024 Schedule I separately reports $255,000 to the same EIN. The current IRS-derived funding index identifies o…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Official portal entries transcribed; totals have stated reconciliation limits.
The Sunshine profile's reported-by-others independent expenditure ledger contains 79 entries attributed to Dixon's 2024 race. Displayed support entries sum to $38,321.72; opposition entries total $192.77. These are outside expenditures, not contributions to her campaign. Totals sum the displayed candidate-attributed entries and have not been independently reconciled against amended underlying reports; similar-looking entries are retained rather than silent…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Direct service relationship confirmed by company; contract terms unreviewed
UPDATE September 18, 2026: Sunflower's own website explicitly names Sixteen Thirty Fund as a client and says each listed organization contracts for operational and administrative support. Its seven named clients are New Venture Fund, Windward Fund, Hopewell Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, North Fund, Impetus Fund and Telescope Fund. This resolves the earlier uncertainty about the direct service relationship. The actual contract, fees and approval rights remain …
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Documented roles; indirect association; spending authority unresolved
Toolbox's IRS-derived profile names Jay R. Halfon as president and Pamela Gilbert as treasurer/secretary; its leadership information was last updated in 2022, so it is not independently verified as a current roster. Park Foundation's official team page lists Jay R. Halfon as secretary/treasurer and a trustee. One Earth lists Jay Halfon as a board member and describes his nonprofit-law practice, climate campaign advisory work, founding board role at 350, an…
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Recorded status: Primary FEC records verified; prior interpretation corrected or upgraded; no finding of unlawful coordination.
Correction and primary-source reconciliation, September 18, 2026: Way Back PAC's original electronic filings reproduce three Western Futures Fund receipts in the January 2025–June 2026 reporting period: $125,000 on April 29, 2025 (report 1907288, SA17 transaction 13026685); $1,000,000 on January 13, 2026 (report 1961839, SA17 R-1107416-A); and $75,000 on May 22, 2026 (report 1982527, SA17 R-1357756-A). They total $1,200,000, but the last item is expressly …
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: PRIMARY FEC VERIFIED: matching in-kind receipt/expenditure and Nebraska beneficiary; prior reconstruction upgraded; cash-return inference unsupported.
UPDATE AND PRIMARY-SOURCE UPGRADE, September 18, 2026: The earlier high-confidence reconstruction is now directly verified, and the filing identifies a Nebraska beneficiary. Way Back PAC's current pre-primary FEC report 1982527, filed June 11, 2026 for April 1–June 3, records a $75,000 receipt from Western Futures Fund on May 22, transaction R-1357756-A, Schedule A line 17, PDF page 15. The receipt describes an in-kind item earmarked for Lynne Walz (Nebras…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Dated appointments and official biographies documented
Arabella's December 17, 2024 hiring announcement, reproduced by citybiz from GlobeNewswire, says Allan Williams became senior vice president of Partner Solutions effective December 2, 2024. His responsibility was nonprofit operational support and strategic services. His prior roles included managing director and COO of Deloitte Global Shared Services and senior finance positions at Cigna Group Insurance and Croda International. Sunflower's November 2025 la…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Organization-published roster and membership pages checked September 18, 2026; independent current tenure, dates of service, control and funding are not established by these pages.
Unity Alliance of Southern Idaho describes its purpose as building understanding of immigrants' contributions to Southern Idaho's economy, workforce and communities. Its About page, checked September 18, 2026, publishes a board and adviser roster. This records what the organization lists on that page; the listing itself does not independently establish each person's current tenure or any control over other organizations.
The officer section names Twin Fal…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Current website roster and membership tiers checked; tenure, payment amounts and legal-entity matches not independently established.
Unity Alliance of Southern Idaho's published About page lists Matthew Hicks as president, Daragh Maccabee as vice president, Ray Parrish as treasurer and Miranda Irby as executive director. It lists Chenele Dixon, Bob Naerebout and other board members, and Rick Naerebout, Con Paulos, Alex Castaneda and Craig Kingsbury as advisers. These are website-listed roles; the page alone does not prove independent current tenure or control of another organization. Th…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: primary forms visually verified; no violation or producer identity inferred
KHQ contract248930/estimate4265 has three posted versions with the same contract and alternate-order numbers. All six pages visually inspected: May8 original totals18spots/$18,325gross/$2,748.75commission/$15,576.25net; May8 Revised totals22spots/$20,325gross/$3,048.75commission/$17,276.25net; May13 Revised(2) totals16spots/$13,825gross/$2,073.75commission/$11,751.25net. Do not add those gross amounts or count them as three separate purchases.
The latest v…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Foundation's project and leadership pages verified; no new contractor payment or award-selection evidence.
The Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation identifies Rinker Rock Creek Ranch Barn and Technology as a 2025 grant-awarded project. Its project description concerns restoration of the historic barn for education, classroom technology, research equipment and telecommunications. No grant amount is stated on that page. This documents support for the ranch facility; it does not identify Prescott Cattle and Consulting LLC as the grant recipient or establish that Wya…
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Primary campaign page verified; names are public contributor entries, individual amounts and fulfillment unverified.
December 2021 campaign reports $24,134 raised toward $20,000. It identifies Craig Kingsbury as president, Bob Naerebout as treasurer and Alejandra Hernandez as executive director. Public contributor entries include Sarah Cox, Priscilla Salant, Salome Mwangi, Tamara Harmon, Jerome School District, Susan Medlin, Haji Shearer, Dorothy Morris, Wendy Jaquet, Ali Noorani, Consilio Consultants, Alejandro L Castaneda, Con Paulos, Katelyn Heller, Kathleen Minogue, …
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Official live SOS registration/history verified; Dixon transactions from preserved primary-ledger transcription; donor identities and energy employer remain unresolved.
Idaho SOS business search identifies WINECUP L CATTLE, LLC, entity 623356, formed August 30, 2018, currently Active-Existing. Registered agent is LAURA M LICKLEY. The August 3, 2026 annual-report history, control 0006935540, lists William V Lickley and Laura M Lickley as members. Both appear in removal and addition fields with identical information: this is not evidence that either joined or departed in 2026. Ownership percentages are not disclosed. ICEN's…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Primary organizational relationships verified; published roster may lag current appointments; no WEF direction, Sixteen Thirty link or personal benefit established
Chobani provides a documented organizational connection between the World Economic Forum's publishing platform, Idaho's business-lobby network and a local board on which Bob Naerebout is listed.
WEF CONNECTION. The Forum hosts a Chobani organization profile and identifies founder/CEO Hamdi Ulukaya as a contributor. His January 19, 2016 article proposes private-sector employment, training and supply-chain support for refugees and describes Tent Foundation …
Read note and sources →Research finding · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Primary official portal transcription; historical and current data distinguished.
The current Idaho Sunshine profile identifies WinAg PAC as active, filing entity 482, with Wyatt Prescott serving as both chairman and treasurer. The profile displays registration on December 29, 2023 and amendment on January 6, 2025. That is not a reliable founding date: the legacy Sunshine record, campaign 2503, already contains a C-1C registration dated April 7, 2022, names Prescott in both roles, and records 2022 activity.
Identified 2022 outside rece…
Read note and sources →Connection research · 2026-09-18
Recorded status: Bill text and governor signature verified; company-specific purpose supported by contemporaneous hearing reporting; actual local financing and personal benefit not established
A specific policy-benefit route is documented for Chobani, a company represented on IACI's published board.
BoiseDev's March 25, 2025 hearing report identifies Ken McClure as Chobani's lobbyist and reports that he supported HB 436 to help finance water/wastewater infrastructure for the company's planned $500 million Twin Falls expansion. The report identifies House Majority Leader Jason Monks as the bill's advocate and describes mixed local-government res…
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