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.

Governor Brad Little celebrates the Idaho LAUNCH education grant program, lawmakers sink another attempt to end no-excuse absentee voting, and results of a citizen survey helped block a proposed workforce housing development in Ketchum.

Governor Little says Idahoans are poised to withstand economic uncertainty and shock as the Trump Administration slices federal government, Boise's office of police accountability reports its 2024 data and recommendations to the city council, the Eckert Road Bridge is on its way to reopening and NIC is back in the good graces of accreditors - but improvement and recovery at the college continues.

A new women's jail in the works in Canyon County, more details from Coeur D'Alene and charges dropped against a woman ejected from a weekend GOP town hall, health insurance companies could be required to cover enhanced breast cancer screenings in Idaho, and tourism in Sun Valley rebounding after a 'scary' September and slow December.

Members of a private security team who forcibly removed a woman from a GOP town hall event in Coeur D'Alene Saturday may not have been operating legally in the city. Lawmakers Friday killed legislation which would have tied public school funding to immigration status verification for students, and new legislation was introduced making libel a felony. Plus, men's and women's professional soccer is another step closer to taking the field - a brand new field - in the Treasure Valley.

Funding for local Head Start programs caught up in the federal government's budget and personnel slashing, CSI trustees weigh the risks and revenue of booze sales on campus, a newly proposed bill would give lawmakers command of the state's childhood immunization guidelines, and a preview of the fully-announced Treefort Music Festival lineup.

A very busy day at the Idaho Statehouse Wednesday included advancing a school voucher bill to the governor for the first time in years of trying, and a bill making Idaho the only state to use a firing squad as a primary method of capital punishment is a senate vote away from the Governor as well. Plus, House lawmakers approved legislation opponents say is guaranteed to kill medicaid expansion in the state. Those stories, and we meet fired federal workers in Idaho preparing to fight back against the Trump administration.

Environmental groups are suing the US Forest Service over its approval of the Stibnite gold project in central Idaho. Many of those same groups were part of a lawsuit over limits on wolf trapping, which was recently upheld by a federal judge. Plus, Governor Little's executive order backing Trump's immigration policies and bills governing flags and a minimum fine for weed have advanced.

Dozens of Payette National Forest employees were fired as part of the Trump Administration's federal workforce reductions, Boise Pride is on the move, and the Eckert Road Bridge could be passable again before spring runoff begins.

State senators strip away millions for public schools in a bill which would expand the state's Empowering Parents grant program to include private school tuition, what's at stake for Idaho Universities with NIH funding on hold, and a hearing today at the Idaho Supreme Court in a case ski area operators are watching closely. *updated at 8 am MT to add a programming note ahead of the President's Day holiday