Rep. Russ Fulcher said he would sign on to a discharge petition effort if the current House investigation doesn’t provide transparency into the Epstein files.
Keep readingBy Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports When the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced a 4% reduction in Medicaid reimbursement rates, Robert Vande Merwe’s first reaction was, “This is going to devastate Idaho.” The Aug. 22nd letter from DHW director…
Keep readingBy Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has notified Medicaid providers that the state will reduce reimbursement rates by 4%, effective Sept. 1. The reductions will affect all provider types and services, except for payments…
Keep readingThe microscopic quagga mussel veligers were not detected in 2023 and 2024 until late September.
Keep readingBy Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho State Public Defender’s Office has adopted a policy on minimum qualifications to be a capital qualified death penalty attorney, after a change in state law may increase the number of death penalty…
Keep readingBy Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports More than 3,000 Idahoans with disabilities await vocational rehabilitation services from the state, though the agency’s interim administrator reported this week that they are making progress in addressing financial issues that have plagued the agency…
Keep readingby Idaho Reports staff Despite multiple reports of issues with the original law and a Senate attempt to fix those problems, the House declined to amend the Idaho Parental Rights Act during the 2025 legislative session. That means medical providers…
Keep readingby Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Department of Correction has put a pause on all state executions as of May 23 to complete renovations of the death row facility at the Idaho State Maximum Security Institution. The unit, known…
Keep readingby Logan Finney, Idaho Reports This week, the Idaho Supreme Court struck down a Lava Hot Springs ordinance that limited what kinds of short-term vacation rentals can operate in residential zones of the city. Lava Hot Springs residents with support…
Keep readingBy Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports Earlier this year, Idaho Legislators passed a bill to allow some cases of lewd conduct with child under age 12 with aggravating circumstances to be punishable by death, despite knowing the US Supreme Court had…
Keep reading
