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.

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.