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WEBSep 20, 2024 · The Idaho Capital Sun is the Gem State’s newest nonprofit news organization delivering accountability journalism on state politics, health care, tax policy, the environment and more.
Idaho’s bipartisan redistricting commission approves new …
WEBNov 5, 2021 · Idaho’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map and a new legislative map Friday afternoon at the Idaho Statehouse, wrapping up a significant chunk of the group’s work ahead of the Nov. 30 deadline.
Idaho Department of Correction replaces prison health care provider
WEBOct 26, 2021 · The board received several proposals which were weighed based on services offered and cost. Corizon Health’s contract for 2019-2020 with IDOC paid the provider per diem $17.56 per inmate per day for all medical and some mental health services, according to Board of Correction minutes from March 2019. At the time, the contract allowed for a ...
Idaho governor signs bill to allow firing squad as an alternative …
WEBMar 25, 2023 · Idaho will soon become the fifth state to authorize the execution of an inmate by firing squad. Gov. Brad Little on Friday afternoon signed House Bill 186, adding a firing squad as an alternative method of execution when lethal injection is unavailable.. The new law would give the director of the Idaho Department of Correction up to five days after the issuance of a death warrant to determine ...
About the people on your ballot: Idaho candidates, debate coverage
WEBNov 1, 2022 · The Idaho Capital Sun has interviewed candidates who are on the ballot in every statewide race. Here, you can find all our profiles and coverage of debates between the people who want to represent you in Boise or Washington, D.C. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. statewide, and voters can register at the ...
A year in the making, the $75 million Idaho Launch program opens ...
WEBOct 3, 2023 · This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Oct. 3, 2023.. Idaho Launch officially got off the ground on Tuesday morning.. The state began taking applications for the new postsecondary grant program — which could provide financial aid for 9,000 to 10,000 high school graduates pursuing a job in an in-demand career.
Thousands of Idahoans removed from Medicaid through …
WEBNov 14, 2023 · Anyone who lost Medicaid since April 2023 can enroll in insurance policies on Your Health Idaho, the state’s health insurance exchange, until Nov. 30 through what officials call a special open enrollment period.Insurance plans through Your Health Idaho are open to anyone to sign up for policies effective in 2024 until Dec. 15.. By late September, 31% of Idahoans removed from Medicaid were ...
More than $150 million still available to Idahoans for COVID rental ...
WEBJul 20, 2021 · Apartments for rent (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images). Of the $175 million in emergency rental assistance funds available to the Idaho Housing and Finance Association through federal coronavirus relief funding allocated in March, a little over 5% — or $9 million — has been distributed to Idahoans outside of Ada County so far.
What’s on the ballot? How to vote? Everything you need to know …
WEBSep 26, 2022 · The 2022 general election season is officially open. On Friday, Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane announced election officials sent out the first batch of 26,000 absentee ballots, which should arrive this week for Ada County voters who already requested an …
After $6 million, Idaho’s online higher education program moves …
WEBJul 20, 2022 · The 16-student pilot represents a “stress test” for Online Idaho, a new effort to offer college courses beyond the state’s college campuses. It’s also a baby step of a milestone, millions of dollars into the State Board of Education project. The State Board has put more than $6 million into Online Idaho so far, all from federal ...
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