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Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy (second from right) prays during an Easter Sunday church service he organized despite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in Emmett, Idaho.

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In Idaho, Far-Right Republicans Defy Coronavirus Health Restrictions

1:42pm April 13, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

In the rural Northwest, far-right elected officials and the militia movements they're aligned with are calling for defiance of stay-at-home orders like the one issued by Idaho's Republican governor.

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Gun rights supporters, including militia members, rally in support of gun rights in September 2018 during an event put on by the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance. The alliance and groups like it around the country have been pushing back against efforts to

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Frustrated By Congress, 'Absolutist' Gun Rights Groups Focus Efforts On States

7:00am March 15, 2020

by Heath Druzin

While mass shootings prompt gun control bills in many states, conservative states are considering bills loosening gun restrictions. One influential Idaho group makes the NRA look liberal.

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A man on stilts wears State of Jefferson regalia at a Timber Unity rally in front of the Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 6, 2020. Timber Unity's signature issue is opposition to cap and trade, a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the grou

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Some Oregonians Want To Leave And Take Part Of The State To Idaho With Them

4:59pm February 24, 2020

by Emily Cureton

Some residents are so frustrated with Democratic politics they are trying to change the map, so that most of Oregon and a chunk of Northern California would break off and join Idaho, a red state.

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Jeremy Sabus has fished and guided on the some of the Northwest's most iconic trout streams for more than two decades.

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Northwest Salmon In Peril, And Efforts To Save Them Scale Up

8:43am January 22, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

With Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead on the brink of extinction, there are new efforts being brokered to save the famed fish.

San Francisco police officers wait while homeless people collect their belongings. Nearly a quarter of the country's homeless population lives in California.

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Case On Ban Against Homeless Sleeping In Public Spaces

2:39pm December 16, 2019

The denial upholds a lower court ruling that put severe limits on cities' ability to enforce anti-camping ordinances on streets and in public rights of way. Advocates for the homeless lauded the move.

A corrections officer walks the grounds of the Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise where Adree Edmo was incarcerated.

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Court To Rule On Sex Reassignment Surgery For Idaho Inmate

10:46am May 16, 2019

by Amanda Peacher

An Idaho inmate sued the state to receive sex reassignment surgery and won. If she prevails in federal appeals court, she'll become the first inmate to receive the surgery through court order.

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"Most of us are ecstatic" about Medicaid expansion in Utah, said Grant Burningham, of Bountiful. "We were all together and hugging and kissing last night."

A Winning Idea: Medicaid Expansion Prevails In Idaho, Nebraska And Utah

2:02pm November 07, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

Voters in Idaho, Utah and Nebraska approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, overcoming roadblocks that had kept an estimated 300,000 people from obtaining coverage.

Grant Burningham, who lives in Bountiful, Utah, worked to get a referendum on Medicaid expansion on the Utah ballot in November.

Voters In 4 States Set To Decide On Medicaid Expansion

1:10pm October 31, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

Ballot initiatives in Utah, Nebraska and Idaho will determine whether to expand Medicaid, after legislators refused to do so. Montanans will vote on whether to keep the state's expansion intact.

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Organizers with Idahoans for Healthcare have been driving this green vehicle around the state to campaign for Medicaid expansion.

Republican Gun Store Owner And Legislator Campaigns For Medicaid Expansion In Idaho

5:01am October 23, 2018

by Phil Galewitz

Idaho is one of three conservative states where voters will decide in November whether to buck the GOP's resistance to the Affordable Care Act and implement its Medicaid expansion for adults.

Timmy Kinner, 30, is seen in a July 1 booking photo provided by the Ada County Sheriff's Office. Idaho authorities have identified Kinner as the suspect in a mass stabbing at a Boise apartment complex on Saturday night.

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3-Year-Old In Idaho Dies After She Was Stabbed At Her Birthday Party

9:19am July 03, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The girl was one of six children and three adults stabbed in Boise over the weekend. Timmy Kinner was taken into custody after the attack and was charged with first-degree murder, among other things.