
James Dawson
ReporterI cover politics and a bit of everything else for Boise State Public Radio. Outside of public meetings, you can find me fly fishing, making cool things out of leather or watching the Seattle Mariners' latest rebuilding season. If you have a tip, please get in touch!
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Idaho lawmakers are calling on Gov. Brad Little to convene a special legislative session to ban access to abortion in the state constitution.
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Boise City Council is urging state and federal lawmakers to take further action to curb gun violence in the United States just days after a compromise bill passed through Congress.
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A regional arm of Planned Parenthood is suing the state of Idaho to block a law banning most abortions that would take effect later this summer.
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Anti-abortion advocates hailed the decision on Dobbs v. Jackson, while abortion rights supporters denounced the ruling.
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Nearly all abortions in Idaho are poised to be outlawed after the U.S. Supreme Court Friday gave individual states the right to prohibit abortion.
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COVID-19 vaccines are now available in Idaho for children between the ages of six months and five years old, though their availability seems to be mostly concentrated in the Treasure Valley.
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From nearly the moment Roe was decided, Idaho legislators have been trying to craft the state’s law to be “as restrictive as possible."
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A long-proposed luxury hotel may be completed in downtown Ketchum after all after the city announced a proposed settlement deal Thursday.
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A school board in a Boise suburb banned books and state lawmakers cut state library funding — so a local bookstore raised money to buy banned books to distribute for free.
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More than 100 kids, parents and teachers alike braved the threat of rain Wednesday in Nampa to get their hands on books recently banned by the city’s public school district.