- Idaho’s Democratic Legislative Caucus Hosts Town Hall to Get Input on Potential Health Care Funding Cuts for Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee.
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Evening Report – Fri., Feb 20, 2026 – Town Hall on Potential Idaho Medicaid Cuts
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Tags: Democrats, Health, Idaho Democrats, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Medicaid, Megan Egbert, Monica Church
Tags: Democrats, Health, Idaho Democrats, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Medicaid, Megan Egbert, Monica Church
Evening Report – Fri., Feb 13, 2026 – Washington Police Certification Bill / Idaho Anti-Trans Bill
- Washington Senate Passes Bill with New Standards for County Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.
- Idaho Legislative Committee Passes Bill Making Businesses Liable if People Use Restrooms Coinciding with Gender Identity.
- Harm Likely if Idaho Budget Cuts Happen.
- Washington Dept. of Ecology to Require Spokane County & City of Spokane to Provide West Plains Residents with Bottled Water or Filters Due to PCB’s.
- more.
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Evening Report – Thu., Feb 12, 2026 – Pullman Utility Rates
- Pullman Council Votes to Increase Utility Rates.
- Governor Little’s Division of Financial Management Lists Harm from Finance Committee’s Budget Cuts.
- Millionaires Tax Makes it Out of Washington Senate Committee.
- more.
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Evening Report – Fri., Feb 6, 2026 – Discrimination Bill
- Idaho House Testimony of Rep. Bruce Skaug’s House Bill 557, Rescinding All Idaho Cities’ Anti-Discrimination Ordinances and Forbidding Cites From Implementing New Ones, Passed in House Thursday, Now Goes to Senate.
- Idaho Supreme Court Throws Out Idaho Education Association and Moscow School District Lawsuit against Senate Bill 93, Giving Taxpayer Money for Private and Religious Schools.
- “Taking a Chainsaw to the Budget”: Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance Appropriations Committee Votes for Further Budget Cuts for State Departments during Current Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year 2027.
- Moscow Urban Renewal Agency Delays Request for Proposals for West 6th and South Jackson Street Lot Awaiting Development Incentives.
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Evening Report – Tue., Jan 27, 2026 – San Francisco Peaks in Arizona
- UI Post Doctoral Fellow William Holly on Conflict Between Tourism & Land Sacred to 13 Tribes in Arizona.
- Joint-Finance Appropriations Committee Discusses Cutting Idaho Medicaid Funding.
- Moscow Committee Recommends Improvements to City Water Reclamation Plant.
- Boise State Annual Survey Shows Idahoans Support Restoring Reproductive Rights and Path to Legal Status for Immigrants.
- Bill in Legislature Would Keep Hiring Process for Presidents of Idaho Universities Behind Closed Doors.
- 15 Measles Cases in Idaho After Anti-Vax Mandate Law Goes Into Effect.
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Tags: abortion, BSU, City of Moscow, Dan Foreman, Education, Health, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Measles, Medicaid, Reproductive Rights, Vaccines, Water
Tags: abortion, BSU, City of Moscow, Dan Foreman, Education, Health, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Measles, Medicaid, Reproductive Rights, Vaccines, Water
Evening Report – Mon., Jan 19, 2026 – Audience Responds to Earth’s Greatest Enemy
- Moviegoers Learn about Earth’s Greatest Enemy and Discuss Film with Director.
- Idaho Budget Committee Votes for More Optimistic Revenue Forecast than Gov. Little Recommended.
- Idaho Health and Welfare Director Says There Will be More Oversight of Child Care Grants.
- Legislative Audit Says UI is Mostly Complying with State’s Anti-Diversity Censorship Laws.
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Evening Report – Wed., Jan 14, 2026 – Ferguson: Respond to ICE
- Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson Wants Mask Ban for Law Enforcement and Millionaires’ Tax.
- Spokane Council Holds Off on Accepting Federal Police Grant Due to Requirement that Police Follow Trump’s Executive Orders, Even Illegal Ones.
- J-FAC Co-Chair Rep. Josh Tanner says Governor Little’s Budget Proposal Places Idaho’s Long-Term Stability at Risk.
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Tags: Bob Ferguson, Health, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Josh Tanner, Masks, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Spokane, Spokane Police, Taxes
Tags: Bob Ferguson, Health, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Josh Tanner, Masks, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Spokane, Spokane Police, Taxes
Evening Report – Wed., Mar 26, 2025 – Telsa Tuesday in Liberty Lake / Intent Language in Higher Ed Budget
- 200 at Tesla Tuesday Protest in Liberty Lake.
- Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee Inserts Intent Language in Higher Ed Budget Targeting Diversity.
- Idaho Senate Kills $3 Million Allocation for Teaching High Needs K-12 Students.
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Tags: Diversity, Doge, Education, Higher Ed, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Special Education, Tesla, University of Idaho
Tags: Diversity, Doge, Education, Higher Ed, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Special Education, Tesla, University of Idaho
Evening Report – Thu., Mar 20, 2025 – Health Care Denial
- Gov. Little Signs Bill Allowing Idaho Health Care Workers to Deny Care.
- Idaho Budget Committee Rejects $24.6 Million in Federal Energy Efficiency Rebates that Would Help Idahoans Retrofit Houses.
- Washington Economic Forecasters Say State Will Have $845 Million Less in Revenue Over Next 4 Years.
- 100 Protest Against Freshman Republican Congressman Michael Baumgartner’s Fundraiser.
- BSU President Marlene Tromp to Take University of Vermont President’s Job.
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Tags: Brad Little, BSU, Energy Efficiency, Health, Housing, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Marlene Tromp, Michael Baumgartner, University of Vermont
Tags: Brad Little, BSU, Energy Efficiency, Health, Housing, Idaho Legislature, J-FAC, Marlene Tromp, Michael Baumgartner, University of Vermont
Evening Report- Mon., Mar 17, 2025 – Idaho’s Medicaid Budget / Intermountain Fair Housing Council Sues Doge & HUD
- Boise-Based Intermountain Fair Housing Council Sues US Housing and Urban Development Department after Doge Cuts of Funds mid-Grant. Legal Group has Been Helping Resident of Local Hurst & Son-Owned Mobile Home Parks Facing Steep Rent Increases.
- Idaho Legislative Budget Writers Approve Medicaid Budget Anticipating Savings from Medicaid Reorganization Bill Which Gov. Little has yet to Sign.
- Freshman Member of Congress Republican Rep. Mike Baumgartner Faces Questions at Ritzville Town Hall.
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