Idaho lawmakers pass bill that would criminalize helping minors get abortions without parental consent
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers pass bill that would criminalize helping minors get abortions without parental…
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Lawsuit: Celebrity-friendly church required workers to tithe
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been…
Continue Reading Seattle Audubon changes name, severing tie to slave owner
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Audubon is changing its name to Birds Connect Seattle to move away from a name with a racist legacy. The Seattle chapter…
Continue Reading Idaho law could criminalize helping minors get abortions
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN HANNA Associated Press Idaho lawmakers are considering making it illegal for an adult to help a minor procure an abortion…
Continue Reading Congress approves measure to toss Biden’s water protections
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Wednesday approved a resolution to overturn the Biden…
Continue Reading Judge: BNSF intentionally violated Swinomish tribe agreement
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian…
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Idaho Senate passes ban on gender-affirming care for minors
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Senate on Monday voted 22-12 to pass a bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors, one month after the…
Continue Reading Idaho Senate passes ban on gender-affirming care for minors
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Senate on Monday voted 22-12 to pass a bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors, one month after the…
Continue Reading Washington moves to end child sex abuse lawsuit time limits
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — People who were sexually abused as children in Washington state may soon be able to bring lawsuits against the state, schools…
Continue Reading Idaho bill to provide free period products in schools fails
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would have provided free menstrual products in girls bathrooms in Idaho public schools failed in the state House,…
Continue Reading Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older…
Continue Reading Why executions by firing squad may be coming back in the US
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison at a condemned prisoner may conjure up a…
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Water contamination in Oregon could prompt EPA to step in
BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the…
Continue Reading Idaho abortion law one reason hospital won’t deliver babies
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a…
Continue Reading New Hawaii law expands abortion access, protects providers
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor on Wednesday signed legislation expanding access to abortion and putting…
Continue Reading Oregon issues first license under psilocybin program
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has issued its first license under its new system that offers controlled use of psilocybin to the public. The Oregon…
Continue Reading Transgender youth: ‘Forced outing’ bills make schools unsafe
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Al Stone-Gebhardt worked hard in school to make sure he graduates in May,…
Continue Reading Judge says no death penalty for mom in triple murder case
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the deaths of her two children and her new husband’s late…
Continue Reading Oregon lawmakers approve $200M for housing, homelessness
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers passed a sweeping $200 million housing and homelessness…
Continue Reading Judge pauses Biden waterway protections in Texas, Idaho
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A federal judge paused the Biden administration’s waterway protections in Texas and Idaho as Republicans across the…
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