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Idaho lawmakers now have two competing “medical freedom” bills hoping to fill the shoes of legislation vetoed over the weekend.

“It’s so different when it’s live. You get to feel the emotion of the students and the passion of the poetry.”

Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending collective union bargaining rights for many federal agencies, including Veterans Affairs. On Friday and Saturday, veterans, federal workers and their supporters gathered in front of the VA Medical Center in Boise to protest.

“If those farmers are featured in something like a grocery store, they’re going to receive about 17-cents on the dollar. With us, it’s the closest to the dollar that they’re going to get.”

“I always pass on to our Airmen that a deployment is where you get to do your actual job”

Gov. Brad Little issued his first veto of the 2025 legislative session – the bill would’ve banned governments and private businesses alike from refusing to serve anyone who refuses to treat their medical illnesses.

An interview with Greg Barnhisel, author of Code Name Puritan. The book is a fascinating biography of Norman Holmes Pearson, an unassuming literary scholar and part-time spy who transformed postwar American culture.

Heidi Kraay, March's writer-curator for Something I Heard, reads a monologue from her play, "see in the dark."

In recent decades, wildfires have gotten larger and more intense, and community-destroying blazes are an increasingly common occurrence. But new research looking at centuries of wildfires shows that compared with fires in the 19th and earlier centuries, today’s blazes pale in comparison – at least in terms of size.

The 13th edition of Treefort Music Fest, the multi-day, multi-venue music festival kicked off Wednesday in downtown Boise. With stages set up anywhere from Julia Davis park, to basements bars and street corners across town, the five day music slash yoga slash podcast slash comedy slash food event is focused on more than just concerts.

Changes to Idaho’s indecent exposure law are heading to the governor’s desk, though they could have unintended consequences.