Time running short to apply for health coverage
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Time is running short for Idaho residents planning on using the state health insurance exchange to finalize their health care plan for the coming year.…
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Supporters seek unobstructed Medicaid implementation
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
By a wide margin, Idaho voters approved Medicaid expansion through ballot measure Proposition 2 to cover the health care needs for thousands of residents.
When …
Medicaid expansion made law
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Some of Idaho’s most vulnerable residents are only a year away from access to health coverage.
Acting Gov. Brad Little signed a proclamation Tuesday certifying …
DMV offers mail-in renewals
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Have a driver’s license that expires in November and December but worried about recent troubles at the DMV? No worries: An option to mail in …
GOP candidates hit North Idaho in bus tour
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The full slate of Republican candidates for state and national offices are hitting North Idaho this week as a part of the 2018 Republican Bus …
Fish and Game commissioner resigns over hunting photo controversy
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Under pressure from Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Blake Fischer resigned in response to outrage over a photo of him posing …
County waives required removal of political signs
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A county ordinance requiring the removal of all political signs from county right-of-ways is being waived for this election season.
Bonner County Commissioners met with …
Botched software rollout cripples driver’s license services
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Idaho drivers who find themselves unable to renew their driver’s licenses need not fret—the state has announced that all expirations are extended to Oct. 31.…
Medicaid expansion will see November ballot
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho voters will have a chance to vote for or against Medicaid expansion on Idaho’s Nov. 6 ballot, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday.…
BNSF barges skip boat check station, mussels found
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two out of five trucks transporting BNSF barges failed to stop at a boat check station early last week to be searched for invasive species …
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