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State senators want Idahoans to be able to buy the anti-parasitic drug, ivermectin, over the counter without a prescription and without consultation from a doctor.
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House lawmakers signed off on their latest version of a so-called “medical freedom” bill Wednesday night.
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On Monday, Planned Parenthood said it received notice the Trump administration was freezing $35 million in Title X funds for nine of its affiliates nationwide. Idaho is set to lose about $550 000 in federal funding.
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Idaho lawmakers now have two competing “medical freedom” bills hoping to fill the shoes of legislation vetoed over the weekend.
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The Idaho Senate took its turn to start killing budgets on Monday. This time, the state tax commission was in the crosshairs.
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“It’s so different when it’s live. You get to feel the emotion of the students and the passion of the poetry.”
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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.
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“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.”
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“I always pass on to our Airmen that a deployment is where you get to do your actual job”
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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.
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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.
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Heidi Kraay, March's writer-curator for Something I Heard, reads a monologue from her play, "see in the dark."
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