By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief
“If somebody is diagnosed with cancer, it's already a full-time job in itself. You're trying to navigate your treatment, you're trying to get your life tasks, and then just simply trying to get out of bed or brushing your teeth. And so the ability to have your insurance being taken away by another set of bureaucracy that's put in front of people — it's terrifying.” - Randy Johnson, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Idaho government relations director
Advocates for Idaho Medicaid and people with disabilities rally against proposed federal Medicaid cuts in front of the Idaho State Capitol on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun)
HEALTH
Idahoans who are ‘medically frail’ are exempt from Medicaid work requirements. How do you prove it?
By Kyle Pfannenstiel
Starting next year, Idahoans on Medicaid expansion will need to prove they’re working to keep accessing the health insurance public assistance program. But if Idahoans want to tap one broad exemption, meant for people with disabilities, they might need a doctor’s note, according to a top official at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Former Boise State University quarterback Tony Hilde has been named executive director of Idaho Technical Career Academy virtual public charter school. (File photo by Getty Images)
EDUCATION
Former Boise State QB named executive director of Idaho Technical Career Academy
By Clark Corbin
Former Boise State University quarterback Tony Hilde has been named executive director of Idaho Technical Career Academy virtual public charter school, officials with the school announced last week.
In this undated photo, Chinook salmon spawn in Snake River. River temperatures rose this month, which can be dangerous for salmon and steelhead. (Photo by Natalie Fobes/Getty Images)
ENVIRONMENT
Army Corps of Engineers uses released water from Dworshak Reservoir to cool river temperature
By Laura Guido
Hot temperatures across western Idaho and southeastern Washington have been heating up river temperatures, which can be dangerous for salmon and steelhead. The Army Corps of Engineers has responded by releasing cold water from the reservoir behind Dworshak Dam.
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