Nov 8, 2024 · The agency will work with families and provider agencies on resources and options, including for people who live in rural communities and can’t find direct care staffers to work the hours they need, Idaho Medicaid Deputy Director Juliet Charron told reporters. “The volume of confirmed and suspected cases of fraud and abuse (is) …

Dec 24, 2024 · After years of sharp population growth, Idaho is now home to about 2,001,619 people. Idaho’s population growth appears to have slowed, but the largely rural state remains among the fastest growing states, according to estimates released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau and shared by the Idaho Department of Labor.. Most of the new Idahoans have been moving from out of state.

Nov 21, 2024 · The Idaho State Board of Education is considering adopting a resolution that would address concerns from lawmakers and Idahoans about existing diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Idaho’s public universities.

Nov 8, 2024 · Courts + Policing; Government + Politics; After Idaho’s public defense transition, agencies are unclear on who bears court transcripts costs Idaho Supreme Court orders state public defender, other agencies, to explain who is responsible for appeals paperwork

Nov 21, 2024 · Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, has close ties to an Idaho-based Christian nationalist church that aims to turn America into a theocracy.. Hegseth is a member of a Tennessee congregation affiliated with Christ Church, a controversial congregation in Moscow, Idaho, that has become a leader in the movement to get more Christianity in the public ...

Dec 17, 2024 · In 2018, after years of stalled legislative efforts to address the Medicaid gap, nearly 61% of Idaho voters approved a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid.. Since then, support for expansion has risen, public polling from 2023 shows. But that doesn’t mean the will of the public “will prevail,” Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D …

Dec 19, 2024 · A new report on the Idaho Transportation Department’s former State Street headquarters in Boise estimates it would cost at least twice the amount of money the Idaho Legislature provided earlier this year to renovate the flood-damaged property.

The new city features allow citizens to better understand how local governments function and allow citizens to engage with their local government, according to a news release from the controller’s office.. Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf said in a news release that the new features “empowers everyone” to easily compare data between cities and “see exactly how their tax dollars are ...

Oct 15, 2024 · What led to Idaho’s public defense reform? In 2015, the ACLU of Idaho filed a lawsuit on behalf of indigent criminal defendants, Tucker v. Idaho, claiming Idaho’s public defense system was inadequate and violated low-income people’s right to counsel guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment.This prompted a series of legislative changes including:

Oct 4, 2024 · Editor’s note: The Idaho Capital Sun published responses to this candidate survey for Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District on Monday, Oct. 7. U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, a Republican who has represented Idaho’s 1st Congressional District for three terms, is facing three challengers in the November general election.