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Dr. Rita Woods won the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction last year for her novel "Remembrance." NPR called the book "A complex story of loss and survival told across 200 years by four women, united by the color of their skin." Dr. Woods is coming to Storyfort in downtown Boise this week. She talked earlier with host Gemma Gaudette.

Two women are working on a new book that will profile 50 inspiring latinas who are shaping Idaho and the next generation. Maria Gonzalez Cardenas and Emily Wakild, a professor of history at Boise State University are creating the new book and join Samantha Wright now.

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up-to-date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

The Idaho legislature made big investments this year in the state's K-12 education system. They approved an eleven percent increase to the K-12 budget, bumping it up to $2.3 billion dollars. Kevin Richert, senior reporter and blogger with Idaho Education News, has an update on where that money will go.

Reclaim Idaho has just over a month to collect enough signatures to get their "Quality Education Act" initiative on the ballot. Their goal is to pass the initiative which would raise taxes for some tax brackets and invest that money into the state's K-12 education system. Luke Mayville, co-founder of Reclaim Idaho and Sam Sandmire, the volunteer organizer for the group, join Gemma to talk more about their efforts.

Idaho musician Charlie Sutton tackles the theme of fishing and fish with his new album "Trout Takes". It features everything from the peace that comes with fishing to a song that's sung from a trout's perspective. Charlie joins Gemma to talk about his new collection of songs.

BA.2 is spreading around the world and now in the United States - the Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable takes a closer look.

With rising interest rates, inflation and high gas prices many folks are nervous about finances as we head into the second quarter of 2022. Jason Norris with Ferguson Wellman will walk us through what we need to know.

This segment we'll break down some of the numbers from a new report by the Alzheimer's Association and talk about what they mean for people and their families affected by the disease. Our guest is Adrean Cavener, the executive director of the Greater Idaho Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of tragedy and turmoil dominated by stories of death, anger and fear. But at times that uncertainty and confusion caused some people to pull together to solve the problems that the coronavirus created. We wanted to tell one of those stories so we asked Amy Bowman with the Nampa mayor's office, Mitch Minnette, CEO of the Nampa Chamber of Commerce and Mari Ramos, the director of operations at the Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to help us.