The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting every aspect of our nation, state and economy. It’s also exposing shortcomings and inequalities in job security, health care access, and now, childcare.

How Idaho's Child Care System Is Coping With The Coronavirus Changes

Idaho Matters is a wonderful way to stay up to date, meet people and understand there's much more to this great state. Hosted by Gemma Gaudette on Boise State Public Radio News, it features arts and politics, growth and education, and the interesting stories that make Idaho unique. Send us your questions, comments or story ideas by emailing idahomatters@boisestate.edu or sending us a voicemail using the "Talk To Us" feature on the free Boise State Public Radio app.

News

Politics

News Commentary

Last month Saltzer Health officially closed their doors, leaving many employees, doctors and patients scrambling.

Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: April 24, 2024

Vampires, magic, faustian bargains author Victoria Schwab has written about it all.

The creative process of author V.E. Schwab

A deep dive into Pacific Gas and Electric and the Paradise Fire in California.

How are climate change and an aging infrastructure affecting wildfire risk?

Jane Austen's classic second change romance novel, "Persuasion" is getting a modern twist in new retelling.

'Once Persuaded, Twice Shy:' An author interview with Melodie Edwards

Before Ayesha Rascoe started her career as a political reporter, she was a student at Howard University and her experience there helped fuel her new book, "HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience." It’s a collection of essays from everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Branford Marsalis to Stacey Abrams who write about how attending a historically black university helped shape who they are today.

How Idaho's Child Care System Is Coping With The Coronavirus Changes

Download our free app to listen on your phone