A $50 million tax credit plan that would subsidize private school tuition for families in Idaho barely passed out of committee on Wednesday. State officials are being sued over book laws. And an an Idaho immigrant rights organization speaks out against recent Idaho Bills.

State legislators will get another look at a bill that could repeal Idaho's Medicaid expansion program if certain restrictions are not met. Plus, Tax season is officially upon us, and instead of shelling out money to paid software programs like TurboTax or H&R BLOCK, some Idahoans can now use a free online filing system for both their state and federal returns.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this episode misstated who doubted the future of Senator David Lent’s private school tuition subsidy bill. House Speaker Mike Moyle said it wouldn’t likely advance, not House Majority Leader Jason Monks.

A Boise Democrat was the deciding vote to advance a bill opening the state's Empowering Parents grant program to fund private school tuition, House lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to elevate the firing squad as the state's preferred method of execution, and a newly expanded youth crisis support center in Nampa will serve kids as young as 5.

Billions of dollars tied to Idaho's economy are about to be wrapped up in a brewing trade war between te U.S., Canada and Mexico, some State Senators want to block banks from refusing customers because of certain views, and ACHD looking for answers after rapid deterioration forced an emergency closure of the Eckert Road Bridge in east Boise Friday.

Some state lawmakers want to remove the constitutional requirement that every kid in Idaho get an education. Others are working toward repealing voter-approved medicaid expansion in the state, and advocates are pushing back. And in Blaine County, Sheriff Morgan Ballis says rumors of immigration enforcement sweeps are 'unsubstantiated fear mongering.'

Schools react to nervous parents after Trump Administration guidance that churches and schools are no longer to be considered 'sensitive' places for immigration enforcement actions, one Idaho lawmaker thinks the Governor should have veto power over citizen initiatives, and a fourth attempt to ban mask mandates in Idaho has arrived in the state senate.

Boise festival-goers could get boozy in city parks this year - but only for this year, more property tax relief proposed at the Idaho statehouse, and lawmakers advance a bill restricting what flags can be displayed in Idaho schools. 

Idaho House lawmakers approved a resolution calling for an end to federally-protected same-sex marriage, an Idahoan recently pardoned by President Donald Trump was among those testifying in favor of a bill blocking mask mandates, and updates on two Boise natives on the big stage: now-former U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, and cyclist Matteo Jorgensen.

Idaho Republicans launched a new effort to repeal voter-approved Medicaid expansion, schools in our region react to no longer being considered 'safe havens' from immigration enforcement, a UTV is at the bottom of Payette Lake after falling through thin ice, and a Boise State professor studying data from Mars uncovered new details about weather on the red planet.

A pay hike for lawmakers is likely to take effect by the end of the month, right about the time a newly introduced income tax cut bill could be working its way through the statehouse. Plus, more legislation restricting flags is introduced, and the Twin Falls Animal Shelter needs help as its battles a ringworm outbreak.