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Gov. Brad Little recently called for an independent financial audit of the program to make sure taxpayer dollars were spent properly. The State Board of Education began reviewing purchases in April and are about two-thirds of the way through that process.
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A microgrant program to help parents with education costs is under scrutiny.
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Gov. Brad Little marked National Fentanyl Awareness Day as opioid related deaths have nearly doubled in Idaho in the last decade.
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In an official letter sent to the Department of Health and Welfare, Gov. Brad Little said he doesn’t think state Medicaid should pay for gender-affirming care for adults.
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Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including an update on the Lori Vallow Daybell case, a look at Governor Little's thoughts on the 2023 legislative session and why a new community set to be built in Kuna is receiving pushback.
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Gov. Brad Little acknowledges families of transgender kids may leave Idaho after he signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for those under 18.
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In one of his few acts of defiance this year against the will of a more right-wing state legislature, Gov. Brad Little has vetoed a bill that would’ve let families sue libraries for lending “obscene” materials to minors without permission.
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Idaho is poised to become the first state in the country to make it a crime to help a minor get an abortion without their parent’s consent after Gov. Brad Little signed the bill into law Wednesday.
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Transgender people under the age of 18 in Idaho will no longer be able to get puberty blockers, hormone therapy or gender-confirmation surgery beginning next year.
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Earlier this week, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law what’s been dubbed the Clean Slate Act. The bipartisan legislation allows people with “minor non-violent, non-sexual offenses” to ask to shield their criminal record from public view if they meet certain conditions.