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A McDonald’s restaurant in downtown Boise advertised $11 hourly wages in spring 2021. By summer 2022, that was up to $15 an hour. The cost of labor has risen as jobs go unfilled. A new report based on census data suggests long COVID could be one cause of worker shortages. (Audrey Dutton, Idaho Capital Sun)

Long COVID is costing Idaho thousands of full-time workers, data suggest

New census data and a Brookings Institution analysis show potential harm to jobs

Interior Department votes to rename geographic places in Idaho that included ethnic slur for Indigenous women

In this file photo, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks during a visit to Grand Junction on July 23, 2021. Listening, from left, are Sen. Michael Bennet, Reps. Lauren Boebert and Joe Neguse, Gov. Jared Polis and Sen. John Hickenlooper. (Sharon Sullivan for Colorado Newsline)

Kevin's Run for Funds September 17th

Kevin’s Run for Funds is a 5K run/walk event that raised more than $28,000 for student scholarships in 2021. In 2022 the event is open to all community members in addition to Idaho State university employees with all net proceeds going directly into a permanent scholarship endowment. Registered participants will also receive a ticket to the home football game later the same day at 1:00 pm.

Prisons in the Mountain West struggle to hire and retain staff

Paul Martin, an administrator for the Wyoming Department of Corrections, said it’s challenging for prisons to compete with other jobs that pay more. An advertisement lists the starting salary for a Wyoming corrections officer at about $18 an hour, while a similar job in Nebraska pays at least $22 an hour,

Idaho Gov. Brad Little addresses lawmakers in the House and Senate from the House chamber for his State of the State address on Jan. 10, 2022, at the Statehouse in Boise. (Screenshot/Courtesy of Idaho in Session)

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs letter opposing student loan forgiveness plan

Ammon Bundy and Diego Rodriguez seemed to be testing the limits of the judicial system Tuesday, as they continued to ignore a judge’s order and didn’t show up in court for the second time in a lawsuit brought by St. Luke’s Health System. (Captured from court documents)

Bundy, Rodriguez fail to show up for court hearing — again — in St. Luke’s lawsuit

Judge found the men in contempt of court but explained she wanted to ‘try lesser sanctions’ before considering more punitive measures

Flyer for the successful fundraising campaign

Athletics Fundraising Campaign Reaches Lofty Goal

The Prepare to Roar Campaign raised $600,000 thanks to 465 donors

State superintendent Sherri Ybarra pitches her budget proposal to lawmakers in January. Idaho’s next state superintendent — Republican Debbie Critchfield or Democrat Terry Gilbert — will present Ybarra’s final budget request to lawmakers in January. (Courtesy of Idaho Education News)

Idaho schools chief Sherri Ybarra makes one last push for teacher pay, raises for staffers

Idaho State Capitol building on March 23, 2021. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)

Idaho GOP drops lawsuit against Bonneville County Republican Central Committee

Elevated Access is a nonprofit organization made up of volunteer pilots across the country who will fly people in need of abortion or gender-affirming care wherever they need to go, at no cost. (Courtesy of Elevated Access)

Volunteer pilots offer to fly patients in states like Idaho to abortion clinics

Illinois nonprofit has two pilots available in Idaho so far

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