By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief
At a Transgender Day of Visibility rally on March 31, 2026, in front of the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, a person holds a sign criticizing the Legislature’s criminal ban on transgender people using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. (Photo by Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun)
GOVERNMENT + POLITICS
Bracing for Idaho’s new ban, group maps safe bathrooms across the state for trans people
By Kyle Pfannenstiel
Preparing for the ban, Trans Affirm, a nonprofit that advocates for trans people in Idaho, crowd-sourced an online map of inclusive bathrooms across Idaho that it says are safe for people who are trans or gender diverse to use.
Thousands could be eligible for loans from the Small Business Administration after straight-line winds and drought rocked Idaho. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
ENVIRONMENT
Small Business Administration offers low-interest loans for wind, drought damage
By Abigail Gerstein
Homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofits harmed by windstorms and earlier drought conditions can now apply for loans from the Small Business Administration to help replace and repair their property or other assets.
A man gets a checkup at a mobile health clinic in Parlier, Calif. A new report details preliminary Obamacare insurer premium rate increases. (Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local)
HEALTH
Obamacare premiums likely to surge again next year
By Nada Hassanein
Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027, which would be a double-digit hike for the second year in a row, according to a new analysis of preliminary rate filings.
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