Despite years of warnings, Idaho’s state prison system is continuing to refuse to provide kosher meals to Jewish inmates, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Idaho. Jewish prisoners have repeatedly filed grievances and requests for kosher meals, only to be denied. And during the eight-day Jewish festival of Passover...
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging two anti-abortion laws in Idaho now that lawmakers have repealed the targeted statutes. In 2015, Planned Parenthood sued the state over two newly enacted bans that prohibited women from receiving abortion-inducing medication through telemedicine...
Idaho state tax revenues in April came in 2.4 percent ahead of forecasts, at $536.6 million; that’s 5.9 percent higher than last year’s April figures, and is significant as April is the biggest revenue month of the year, since it’s when people file their income…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials say an Anne Frank memorial was defaced with racist and anti-Semitic language. Boise Parks and Recreation staff found two marble tablets from the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial with racist…
Now that we’ve got a four-way race for the GOP nomination for governor in 2018, Lt. Gov. Brad Little kicked things off this morning with a website and tweet needling new rival Raul Labrador. The tweet includes an enticing scenic picture of Idaho, with the…
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