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Boise State Public Radio
On Tuesday, Idahoans rejected Prop 1, a ballot initiative that would've restored abortion rights in the state. The Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act lost by about 56% of the votes.
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Lauren Paterson/Boise State Public RadioIdaho’s largest geographical county wants the federal government to roll back restrictions on 1.7 million acres of public land. The move would open up the land to logging, road building and more. -
ALYSSE GAFKJENJust prior to her appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the Egyptian Theater in Boise, Joanne Shaw Taylor visited with George Prentice to talk about some of those almost-mythical moments in her childhood, her most recent inspiration for tackling the many facets of “love” in her new album, and why, to this day, she still hasn’t made good on a promise to herself: to buy a cowboy hat.
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The mood at the Idaho Democrats watch party in downtown Boise Tuesday night was festive as some local candidates gained new ground national races largely favored democrats. -
On Tuesday, Idahoans voted to reject Proposition 1, the citizen-led ballot initiative that would’ve restored abortion rights in the state. The ballot measure needed a simple majority to pass: it lost by about 56% of votes. -
Proposition 1 campaigning in Idaho attracted millions of dollars from supporters and opponents in the lead up to Election Day. -
Race calls are a critical part of election night and NPR partners with the Associated Press to make those calls. Here's how we do it. -
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office must release the initial seconds of body camera footage from a 2024 shooting that killed Deputy Tobin Bolter under a new opinion from the Idaho Supreme Court.
In each episode of Scandalized, political scientists Charlie Hunt and Jaci Kettler unpack a political scandal from American history: the story, its scandalous details, the political meaning and motivations behind the act.
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