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Mary Altaffer/AP/APAt the end of August, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked the Biden administration’s extended eviction moratorium. The moratorium had been in place through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the agency’s policies to deal with a surge of COVID-19. Now, after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision, some low income renters in Idaho are once again facing eviction. -
Darin Oswald/Idaho StatesmanGov. Brad Little and three of the state’s top Republican officials are threatening to sue the federal government over President Biden’s vaccine mandate for large, private employers.
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Some large events in Boise are still waiting for permits as parts of Idaho are moving into crisis standards of care and hospitals are overwhelmed. -
The Biden Administration is starting the process of re-opening federal lands to oil and gas leasing. That comes after a federal judge ruled Biden’s across-the-board moratorium on the leases was an executive overreach.
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The U.S. Interior Department is expanding access to hunting and fishing on about 2.1 million acres of Fish and Wildlife Service land. That’s nearly the size of Yellowstone National Park. While hunters and anglers applaud the efforts, other conservation groups believe that refuges shouldn’t have hunting or angling at all.
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Gov. Brad Little is reactivating the Idaho National Guard once again as cases of COVID-19 are overwhelming hospitals around the state. Just four intensive care unit beds are available statewide.
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A federal judge in Nevada has ruled that a law that further penalizes those who re-enter the U.S. after deportation is unconstitutional. Section 1326 says if you were denied entry to the U.S. or were deported at some point, that law makes entering the U.S. a felony. The Nevada judge says it violates the U.S. Constitution because of its racist, anti-Mexican origins. The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing this decision.
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The move is not enough to ease widening disparities in certain parts of the region, resort towns in particular, where service workers comprise the backbone of the economy as a constant stream of tourists and wealthy second-home owners drive up the cost of living.
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The pay initiative is part of the Biden administration's plans to improve working conditions for federal wildland firefighters.
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Central District Health board members want a say over what COVID-related guidance is given to schools.
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Idaho Matters talks with a former reporter in Afghanistan about what he's hearing from a colleague who is scared for his safety now that the Taliban has taken over the country.
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“Eroding trust takes minutes. Building trust takes years,” says Christine Porter, a public health professor at the University of Wyoming.
