Name: Extra: Ammon Bundy, candidate for Idaho Governor by Idaho Reports
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Description: Ammon Bundy is an independent candidate running for Idaho Governor. His opponent, incumbent Gov. Brad Little, declined an invitation from Idaho Public Television to participate in The Idaho Debates. Bundy spoke with Idaho Reports on Nov. 2.

Ammon Bundy is an independent candidate running for Idaho Governor. His opponent, incumbent Gov. Brad Little, declined an invitation from Idaho Public Television to participate in The Idaho Debates. Bundy spoke with Idaho Reports on Nov. 2.

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Extra: Ammon Bundy, candidate for Idaho Governor

Lawmakers set the final state budgets this week – or did they? The showdown over the transportation budget is finally ended, and long-anticipated bills await the governor’s signature or veto. Melissa Davlin sits down with lawmakers investigating a possible budget shortfall at the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Then, Dr. Jaclyn Kettler from Boise State University and reporter James Dawson from Boise State Public Radio discuss the lead up to adjournment.

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Season 52 Episode 21: Nearing the End

Legislative committees in Idaho often meet less than twelve hours after an agenda is posted. They also leave the details about how to accept public testimony up to each individual chairman. Jason Mercier, vice president and director of research at Mountain States Policy Center, joined associate producer Logan Finney to discuss some possible transparency reforms that could help Idahoans access their part-time citizen legislature.

Episode: Transparency Helps Citizens Participate

Lawmakers gaveled out for the year, but Medicaid uncertainty may bring a special session. This week, Logan Finney sits down with Reps. Ned Burns and Brent Crane to discuss the library bill that became law. Kevin Richert gives us a run-down of education highlights. Finally, Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder discusses the end of the session, including whether a Medicaid bill will cause disruption of services to Idahoans with disabilities and bring lawmakers back to the statehouse.

Season 52 Episode 22: Sine Die, For Now

Episode 96: A postsession conversation with Debbie Critchfield

Next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, conflicts with Idaho's state law that bans all abortion except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of rape and incest. Constitutional law professor McKay Cunningham from the College of Idaho joined Melissa Davlin on Thursday to preview the arguments the nation expects to hear in court on Wednesday.

Episode: Does EMTALA Override Idaho's Abortion Laws?

This week, Dr. Marlene Tromp from Boise State University discusses the future of higher education in Idaho amid discourse about student loan debt and workforce readiness. Plus, McKay Cunningham from the College of Idaho discusses arguments coming up before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding whether the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, overrules Idaho's state abortion ban.

Season 52 Episode 23: The Future of Higher Ed

The Idaho State Legislature moved to adjourn Sine Die on April 10 with two bills being vetoed by Gov. Brad Little. Idaho Public Radio's Sophie Spanbauer reports.

Two Vetoes

The U.S. Supreme Court last week allowed an Idaho state law to take effect that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors while litigation over the law moves through the courts. Associate producer Logan Finney sits down with Dr. Marvin Alviso, a family medicine doctor in Boise who offers gender-affirming care for adolescents and kids, to discuss what that medical care looks like and how the landscape is changing now that the law is in effect.

Episode: How Idaho's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Affects Families and Doctors

Idaho legislators have looked for several years at modifying the process by which cities can annex land and expand their boundaries. Associate producer Logan Finney sits down with Kelly Packer, executive director of the Association of Idaho Cities, to discuss the changes signed into law this year and why she thinks they will cause issues down the road.

Episode: New Law Makes It Harder for Cities to Annex Land

The national spotlight is centered on whether Idaho’s abortion ban conflicts with federal law. Senate Minority Leader Melissa Wintrow shares her view on the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. Then, Attorney General Raúl Labrador gives his take on how the hearing went. Plus, Division of Financial Management administrator Alex Adams discusses how budgeting issues at Vocational Rehabilitation could affect clients.

Season 52 Episode 24: Idaho's Day in Court

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