Alex J. Adams

Rule Changes

Co-author of a Manhattan Institute issue brief; published a Washington Post opinion piece on Oct. 14, 2026, urging other governments to adopt Idaho's model

Idaho let its entire regulatory code expire on June 30, 2019, forcing agencies to justify every rule they wanted to keep. The state eliminated 2,176 pages in that first reset and another 2,065 during a five-year review that ended July 1, 2026, for 4,241 pages total, according to the Manhattan Institute. By then, Idaho had cut 49.1% of its administrative code from its 2018 peak.

Updated Oct 20