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Important update from last night: ID Dept. of Lands Director Dustin Miller said the one-time, $40 million transfer to fight fires is not enough money to cover the average cost of a fire season. In a statement to @idahocapitalsun.com, Miller said he worried about going into debt to fight wildfires.

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Legislation making its way through the process is in full swing, and bills are being signed by the governor. We offer tips at the bottom of every Legislative Notebook to follow legislation as it comes, but here's a quick rundown of some of the action this week! #idleg #idpol

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House Speaker Moyle warned there could be trouble coming even after JFAC sets the budgets. “There’s some concerns with a lot of budgets too, which could keep us here longer, too,” Moyle told the @idahocapitalsun.com. #idleg #idpol

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West Ada's Facebook page posted this yesterday, with a poster in the background that says "This is a safe space to be who you are."

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill to make Idaho the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method. #idleg #idpol

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It's been a DAY, y'all. Our @idahocapitalsun.com small-but-mighty team has been working hard to try to be there for as much as we can. Honestly, proud to work with them every single day, but on days like today especially. Two instances of procedural breakdowns today. This from @pfannyyy.bsky.social:

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Since 2013, 98 Idaho physicians have participated in the program, and 83% of them are still in Idaho, according to numbers from the state. #idleg #idpol

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The Idaho House passed a bill to ban Idahoans elected to state or federal offices — including the Idaho Legislature — from simultaneously serving in elected city, school or highway district positions. Two Idaho lawmakers hold local elected offices that could be affected by the bill. #idleg #idpol

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In both chambers of the Idaho Legislature, the bill passed on party-line votes, with all 90 Republican state lawmakers supporting it and all 15 Democratic state lawmakers opposing it. #idleg #idpol

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Less than 24 hours after the Senate passed a major income tax cut that reduces state revenue by $253M and weeks after the budget committee passed the maintenance budgets for all state agencies, JFAC decided how much money the state has to work with to fund departments and public services for 2026.

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Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron said 22 of Idaho’s 91 property insurance carriers have asked to stop offering property insurance. #idleg #idpol

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The dispute reached a boiling point about 40 minutes into the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee’s 8 a.m. meeting Friday. #idleg #idpol

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Editing a story with the word "public" over and over again and making sure it's not missing an "L" at 5:45 on Friday after the ninth 60-hour work week in a row? I, too, like to live dangerously. 😈

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The Idaho House — with support from every Republican House lawmaker — widely passed a bill that proposes sweeping policy changes intended to cut Medicaid costs, including a work requirement, report @idahocapitalsun.com and @statesnewsroom.com

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Idaho's top insurance regulator says the committee would let the Legislature hear from Idaho homeowners who are losing property insurance, or seeing their rates rise dramatically. #idleg #idpol

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In the last two weeks I've talked to 3 journalism classes, spoke on a panel at the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights on women's leadership and had coffee w/ 2 journalism students looking for networking and mentorship, and let me tell you — emphatically — the kids are alright. Chaos? Pft. They ready.

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We've been saving this little pup for when we thought you all might really need a gold star. And, given the current circumstances, here she is. 13/10

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Boise First Congregational United Church of Christ and the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will show “1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture."

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If House Bill 138 becomes law, Idaho failing to implement a single one of its 11 policy demands by July 2026 would trigger a repeal of Medicaid expansion in Idaho. #idleg #idpol #Medicaid

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A free/vibrant press is one of the foundational aspects of a democracy. Local journalism is an important part of a free press. #Idaho Plz make sure to follow/support the @idahocapitalsun.com and the entire Team, including @christinalords.bsky.social, @miamaldonado.bsky.social, @pfannyyy.bsky.social

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After eight full weeks in session, the Idaho Legislature still has not set a revenue projection to base the fiscal year 2026 budget around, despite the fact that legislators are moving forward with dozens of budgets and major tax cutting bills. #idleg #idpol

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The Idaho House of Representatives on Tuesday threw bipartisan, unanimous support behind a bill that would create a media shield law protecting sources who provide confidential information or documents to journalists. #idleg #idpol

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These Idaho scientists should be commended for the long legacy and growing body of their biomedical research – and for their future discoveries we haven’t yet benefited from – ...

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House Bill 158 passed out of committee with unanimous, bipartisan support. #idpol #idleg

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House Bill 7 next heads to Gov. Brad Little’s desk for final consideration. Once it reaches his desk, Little will have three options. He can sign it into law, he can allow it to become law without his signature or he can veto it.

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Kelly Grenquist, a recently fired Forest Service wildlife technician on Idaho's Payette NF, is set to lose her employee housing. This is what she told me her plan is: "Just start driving until you can be homeless and not freeze to death, and then stop there and see where I can find a job."

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Honestly I know I'm about 100 years late to this party BUT I've just taken up Pokemon Go for the first time as a coping mechanism to get me walking and collecting cute buddies to play with and give snackies to. JOIN ME. #GottaCatchEmAll #WhatsYourTrainerCode

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Representatives from the Boise VA Regional Office, the Boise VA Medical Center, the Vet Center, the College of Southern Idaho, Boise State University and other agencies and organizations will attend the resource fair.

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Here is our quick rundown of the major happenings during the fifth week of the Idaho Legislature’s 2025 session. #idleg #idpol

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From @pfannyyy.bsky.social: Idaho Department of Correction spokesperson Sanda Kuzeta-Cerimagic on Tuesday confirmed the agency is considering using “a remote-operated weapons system alongside traditional firing squad methods.” But the agency had not finalized its policies and procedures, she said.

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We should never forget that there are real human beings that were full of joy and hope — and now sadness and uncertainty — that must grapple with the true and agonizing effects of these immigration policies. Thank you to Amouna and Abdullah for sharing their story with me.

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Breaking from @pfannyyy.bsky.social. Working on a full write-through of this story right now...we've got a lot of news coming out of the Statehouse today at IdahoCapitalSun.com!

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According to VoteIdaho.gov, an official website run by the Idaho Secretary of State, more than 173,300 Idaho voters submitted an absentee ballot during the 2024 general election, 56% of whom were registered Republicans.

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