POST FALLS, Idaho – In a Post Falls grocery stores, two bananas and a can of beans cost $1.22 before tax. With Idaho’s 6% Grocery Tax, that total rises $1.30.

Howard Rynearson, chairman of the Payette County Republicans, is leading a citizen initiative to repeal the grocery tax.

“It just needs to go away,” Rynearson said. “That’s the emotional/moral issue of it.”

By introducing the initiative, it is eligible to be added to the 2026 ballot, if 70,000 signatures of support are gathered.

Rynearson expressed confidence in public support, especially after a 2024 Idaho poll by Mountain States Policy showed nearly 90% of 800 registered voters favored removing grocery taxes.

Idaho resident Ray Hubbard explained a 6% tax can have a lasting impact.

“Our family and neighbors, we know the stin

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