For years, the Idaho Reports team has brought you coverage on how public policy issues in the Gem State affect #caregivers and the people who depend on them. This month, we bring you the latest, including recent legislative proposals on state and federal levels. #idleg #idpol #caregiving

“We are causing so much havoc,” says Amanda Cook, the forensic nurse examiner director at the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center in Idaho Falls. "Now they can’t get medical help... (The legislators) have totally screwed it up.” #idleg #idpol blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/06/18/i...

The Idaho Department of Correction has put a pause on all state executions as of May 23 to complete renovations of the death row facility at the Idaho State Maximum Security Institution to carry out executions by firing squad. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/05/27/i...

Earlier this year, Idaho passed a law to allow some cases of lewd conduct with a child under age 12 with aggravating circumstances to be punishable by death. The bill did not allocate any additional money for the State Public Defender’s Office. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/05/09/d...

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador discusses enforcing the city flag law. #idleg #idpol

This week on Idaho Reports, House Speaker Mike Moyle discusses outcomes of the legislative session. #idleg

Demonstrators unfurled a "Free Palestine" flag behind U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders while he discussed Gaza during his speech at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. (Part 1/4)

The "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" on Monday featuring U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, drew a full venue of roughly 12,500 people to the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. #idpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=IubW...

Margaret Carmel of @boisedev.com joins @loganfinney.com on the podcast this week to break down three new changes to Idaho's urban renewal laws. #idleg #idpol

As we look at what the Legislature did this year, you can also look at what didn't get done. The House never took up the parental rights bill fixes. #IDLeg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/04/04/c...

The Idaho Legislature adjourned sine die (end of session) on April 4, 2025. #idleg

This week on the podcast, @loganfinney.com discusses adoption and what Idaho can do to support mothers with unplanned pregnancies after the Dobbs decision. #idleg www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZHj...

The Idaho Senate did not attempt to overturn Gov. Brad Little’s first veto of 2025, issued Saturday to block Senate Bill 1023 on “medical freedom,” instead introducing a new version of the bill late on Monday. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/31/s...

Idaho becomes the only state with the firing squad as its primary method for the death penalty. Plus, local protests against the federal government. #idleg video.idahoptv.org/video/the-se...

House Majority Leader Jason Monks acknowledged the work still remaining before the budget committee on lawmakers' target adjournment date. #idleg #idpol

The sponsor said five other states are trying to impose similar laws to allow for the death penalty in child sexual assault cases. He also acknowledged the bill, should it become law, would likely be challenged. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/17/h...

Senators want to take a closer look at a House bill that would grant each board of county commissioners direct control over which specific hospital properties qualify for property tax exemptions. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/18/s...

There’s a protest against Sen. Crapo ahead of a town hall he’ll be holding here at the Riverside Hotel in Boise shortly #idpol

On the podcast this week, @acluidaho.bsky.social legislative strategist Amy Dundon discusses a wide array of bills under consideration this session. #idleg #idpol

The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved an increase of more than 20% for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's child welfare programs, including 63 new full-time employees focused on foster care and child safety. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/14/c...

Analysis: The WWAMI debate is about Idaho’s chronic doctor shortage. But it is also a juicy debate over politics, turf and market share — the quiet parts that a University of Idaho memo discusses out loud. #idaho #idleg www.idahoednews.org/top-news/ana...

Idaho lawmakers have been quietly working for years to revamp how the state taxes power utility companies. The bill made it to the floor of the Senate this afternoon. #idleg #idpol blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/12/s...

The sponsor sees this as a way to incentivize undocumented immigrants to leave Idaho. Opponents believe it will take food from children, some of whom may have been born in the U.S. #IDleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/11/c...

In the U.S. Senate last week, Sen. Chris Coons attempted to pass a bill that would require Congress to sign off on tariffs imposed on American allies. Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo blocked it, calling it "too blunt of an instrument when nuance is called for." blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/05/c...

The EMS operations bill moves forward. Many EMS agencies rely on volunteers and it varies widely county-by-bounty. #IDleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/03/03/c...

We’re eight weeks into the session with plenty left to do. Reps. Brent Crane, Jeff Ehlers, and Todd Achilles join for a roundtable on the session. Kyle Pfannenstiel of the Idaho Capital Sun brings us up to speed on efforts to contain Medicaid costs. #idleg #idpol video.idahoptv.org/video/let-th...

In an emotional hearing Monday, Idaho House Health and Welfare bill advanced a bill to mandate that insurers pay for advanced testing for some women with a high risk of breast cancer. blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/02/17/c... #IDleg #idpol

A bill to clarify Idaho coroners' roles in death investigations is headed to the Senate. All eight lawmakers who serve on the Idaho Legislature’s bipartisan Joint Legislative Oversight Committee are cosponsoring it. #idleg idahocapitalsun.com/2025/02/17/b...

From our director Morgan McCollum: Several hundred people showed up in the rain for the @idaho50501.bsky.social Presidents Day protest against Trump, Musk and DOGE at the Idaho Capitol in Boise. #Idaho #idleg #idpol

Imagine you're a state lawmaker reading your constituent emails one day, only to realize this email you're reading says it's from... yourself? Here's what we know so far! #idleg #idpol blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/02/14/c...

With limited debate on Thursday, the Idaho House of Representatives moved forward a bill to make the firing squad Idaho’s primary form of execution, in a 58-11 vote with only two Republicans voting against it. blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/02/06/h... #idleg #idpol

From @idahoreports.org: Idaho, South Dakota and North Dakota are the only three states in the country that currently do not have ABLE accounts, according to state Treasurer Julie Ellsworth, who sponsored the bill.

Idaho House Republicans on Monday advanced a bill that would make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho. #idleg idahocapitalsun.com/2025/02/03/i...

My latest for @idahoreports.org, but not the #idleg: Post Falls police in 2022 arrested a man, impounded his car and found CSAM on a laptop. The car was parked properly, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled, so the key evidence can't be shown in court. #idpol blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/02/03/i...

How might the tariff war impact Idaho? We can look to what happened in 2018 for some hints. #Idaho blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/02/01/t...

This week, Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News, James Dawson of Boise State Public Radio, and Dr. Stephanie Witt of Boise State University’s School of Public Service join the pundits to review the first month of the 2025 legislative session. #idleg video.idahoptv.org/video/one-mo...

Updates include: -Comments from Gov. Brad Little, who is "all in" on efforts to reduce federal spending; -DHW Director Alex Adams on what is and isn't affected at Health and Welfare; -Excerpts from a memo from Supt. Debbie Critchfield on education program impacts. More to come. #Idaho

It isn’t yet clear how the federal funding freeze will impact Idaho, but numerous state agencies, local government entities, and federal grant recipients spent Tuesday trying to figure out which of their programs are affected. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/01/28/i...

As federal grant recipients in Idaho scramble to figure out how a federal freeze on grants and loans will impact their programs, the state has instructed agencies not to use state general fund money to offset any losses. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/01/28/i...

This week, we discuss school choice proposals with Superintendent Debbie Critchfield and lawmakers. #idleg video.idahoptv.org/video/defini...

Idaho has a Medicaid contract for only dual-enrollees, or people who are eligible for and enrolled in both Idaho Medicaid and Medicare. People who are eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare often have low income and complex healthcare needs. #idleg blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/01/22/n...

Wildfire season is getting longer, and home insurance companies are noticing. Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron discusses how wildfires are changing the home insurance industry. #idleg #idpol video.idahoptv.org/video/burnin...

The Department of Justice notified Idaho this week that it is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act because of how it administers its long-term care system for adults with physical disabilities. #idleg #idpol blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2025/01/17/d...

The governor has shown a willingness this legislative session to sign a bill on public funds for private education. #idleg #idpol video.idahoptv.org/video/educat...

Get more details and reactions to Gov. Brad Little's 2025 State of the State & Budget Address on the Idaho Reports YouTube channel. youtube.com/@idahoreports #idleg #idpol

In August of 1978, President Jimmy Carter and his family came to Idaho to raft down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River for 3 days with the Andrus family. #idpol youtu.be/x3ITjXfe0KA?...

On Tuesday, more than 150 people gathered in Lincoln Auditorium in the Idaho State Capitol to watch the electors cast the state’s four Electoral College votes for Trump.

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2025 #idleg budgetwriters.

Tonight on @idahoreports.org we look at foster care in Idaho. The history of foster care, changes being made, and hopes for the future. Tonight on IdahoPTV at 8 p.m. Here's a sneak peek in my written version of the story. blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2024/12/13/f...

This week, @donday.bsky.social catches us up on the unsuccessful merger between Kroger and Albertsons. Then, Rep. Lance Clow of Twin Falls and John Robison of Idaho Conservation League discuss approval of the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Magic Valley. #idleg #idpol video.idahoptv.org/video/foster...