Idaho

A former patient of an Idaho program that sought to keep people with severe psychosis on their medication has died, providers said. It was the third death since the Idaho Health and Welfare Department cut the program, called Assertive Community Treatment, in December amid statewide budget shortages.

Sturgill, of Kimberly, will make his ninth trip to Ukraine next month, taking supplies and organizing relief efforts. He said his desire to help out can be difficult to explain.

Meridian Senator Treg Bernt faced a hard choice. It was September 2018 and Bernt was one of six Meridian City Council members deciding whether to adopt a nondiscrimination ordinance protecting LGBTQ+ Meridianites. Bernt told the waiting audience that he was appalled that the Legislature, which had for years heard calls to protect LGBTQ+ residents at the state level, had not moved on the issue. ...

Late one night last November, a 15-year-old from Meridian said he was in serious need of someone to talk to. He called the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline.

The University of Idaho wants to train more in-state physicians in collaboration with the University of Utah.

A suite of legislation working through the Idaho Senate hopes to make housing easier to come by — and cheaper to pay for — statewide. The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee on Tuesday advanced four bills from Sen. Ben Toews, R-Couer d’Alene, aimed at cutting regulations to open more land for housing and to curb climbing costs — particularly for those just entering the housing ...

A new state law could delay refunds for Idaho taxpayers by weeks. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 559 into law on Wednesday to encourage the state to quickly adopt new federal tax cuts and credits. As One, Big, Beautiful Bill provisions take effect, taxpayers can take advantage of a range of new deductions, the Internal Revenue Service said in a Jan. 8 news release. These include ...

Oregon officials seized hundreds of goats from a Nyssa farm co-owned by a Meridian man after tips from an animal rights group prompted an animal neglect investigation. Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson said in a news release that law enforcement seized 239 goats from Grand Barr Dairy on Feb. 4. The sheriff said three goats were humanely euthanized “due to the severity of their conditions,” ...

Idaho Republican lawmakers have put up a united front in their opposition to illegal immigration. On Wednesday, members of the Senate State Affairs Committee agreed that the federal government had failed to secure the border and was wrongly leaving immigration enforcement up to the states. What the states should do about that, however, was not so clear-cut. Sen. Mark Harris, R-Soda Springs, ...

Rats are already a problem in Idaho’s Treasure Valley. Soon, they could be considered an official “nuisance.” The change sounds semantic, but a bill moving through the state Senate to shift the classification of rats could have a big impact on how Idaho deals with — and ideally eradicates — the newfound pest. The Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee on Tuesday agreed to print a bipartisan ...

In a packed auditorium Wednesday night at the Idaho State Capitol, dozens of people with voices shaking and tears in their eyes begged lawmakers to hear their stories.

The Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho’s $50 million tax credit program that directs public money toward private schools and homeschooling expenses.