Here's the backstory behind the numerous calls at today's budget hearing for funding a state suicide prevention hotline: Idaho's previous hotline closed at the end of 2006 for lack of funding. Since then, various locally funded hotlines around the coun... »
The Medicaid budget, which makes up 81 percent of the Department of Health & Welfare budget request for next year, is up next; lawmakers will hear presentations and discuss it over the next two hours. The request for next year is for $481 million in st... »
Idaho's big challenge, state Health & Welfare Director Dick Armstrong told lawmakers this morning, is this: "Where do we go from here to make Medicaid sustainable?" He said it's unrealistic to think Idaho can continue to make pricing and benefit reduct... »
Presenting the budget requests for the governor's office and the governor's Division of Financial Management this morning, DFM chief Wayne Hammon said the governor's office has eight staff vacancies, and DFM has four. "We continue to do the same amount... »
Emphasizing greater awareness of the increasing problem of stalking, Advocates Against Family Violence and the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence are offering classes and webinars on the subject throughout the month of January. “Stalk... »
