Idaho will be the first state in the US to 'prefer' the firing squad for capital punishment, lawmakers continue to try and find a way to keep Idaho funding away from the University of Washington and its multi-state medical education program WWAMI, and fired USDA workers are returning to work - with back pay. Plus, five years on, we look back at the the first confusing weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho.

Should gun rules for foster homes in Idaho be loosened? Lawmakers say the rules discourage people from fostering kids. Legislation making illegal immigration a state crime in Idaho has advanced - with a change - and also faces a legal threat, and tiny homes on wheels could be part of Boise's building code after a pilot program showed positive results.

Lawmakers are targeting unsheltered people in Idaho's largest cities, the citizen initiative process for marijuana and giving medical professionals the right to refuse treatment that violates personal beliefs. Plus, the Eckert Road Bridge is back open, and the University of Idaho could come out ahead even if it can't close the deal to buy the University of Phoenix.

Layoffs at Blue Cross of Idaho, lawmakers target standardized testing for Idaho's youngest readers, and the Boise VA Medical Center is working to bring some employees fired by the Trump Administration back.

Work requirements for medicaid expansion eligibility advance at the Idaho Statehouse,  Ada County appears to have leveraged its GOP connections to torpedo an EV parking space requirement in Boise's modern zoning code, National Parks and Forests are popular (duh) and we check in on snowpack and drought conditions across Idaho.

Legislation approving the firing squad as Idaho's primary execution method and an increase to the state's grocery tax credit are headed to the governor's desk, lawmakers are again attempting to unwind Idaho's relationship with a regional medical education partnership, and the state's largest healthcare provider argues in federal court to keep part of Idaho's strict abortion ban sidelined.

State Senators have sent a $253M income tax cut to Governor Brad Little's desk, The Governor has already signed a bill banning mask mandates to prevent the spread of disease, Planned Parenthood is opening telehealth operations in Idaho, and the Trump Administration appears ready to drop the Biden-era justice department lawsuit against Idaho's near-total ban on abortion.

Albertsons will have a new CEO this spring, House lawmakers decide people receiving federal food assistance shouldn't use it for soda or candy, and state lawmakers want to evaluate a better way for Idahoans to get north and south. Our George Prentice has that story, and he'll share a bit about his absence and what's next.

Governor Little signed HB93, establishing a school voucher tax credit program despite significant public opposition, according to data released by the governor's office. Medicaid spending remains in the crosshairs of Idaho Lawmakers, and federal workers rallied against job cuts at national parks across the country this past weekend.

Idaho parents will soon have access to tax credits to offset private or religious school tuition, state lawmakers take aim at the city of Boise's zoning code, how pulling back on medicaid expansion could disproportionally impact Idaho's hispanic population, and cuts to the forest service mean less enforcement of rules on public lands and snowmobilers are already running amok on the Payette National Forest.