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Northwest advocates, immigrants on edge following flurry of contradictory, confusing executive orders
Attorneys for unaccompanied minors ordered to stop work without explanation, followed by sudden reversal.

Think Out Loud
Women tell stories of their abortions for Idaho’s Pro-Voice Project
We talk with PVP founder Jen Jackson Quintano and another woman who has told her story publicly, Desi Ballis.

Idaho bills could bring Bible reading, Ten Commandments to public schools
New legislation could require the Bible to be read every morning in public school classrooms across Idaho. One of the bill’s goals is for schools to read the Bible in its entirety over 10 school years.

Education
Idaho kids wouldn’t need any schooling under proposed constitutional amendment
Lawmakers in the House State Affairs Committee introduced a resolution Thursday to remove language in the Idaho constitution that gives the state power to enforce mandatory education for children.

Politics
Even some Pacific Northwest defendants are unsure what Jan. 6 pardons will mean
The Pacific Northwest became fertile ground for groups bent on political violence during the first Trump administration. A return to that era could hinge on the scope of presidential pardons.

Greyhound cancels intercity bus service in northeastern Oregon
This ends bus service between Baker City, Ontario, La Grande and Pendleton on Jan. 16.

‘It’s a crisis’: How the shortage of mental health counselors is affecting the rural Northwest
Across the country, there’s a shortage of behavioral health care providers — and it’s particularly pronounced in small towns in the Pacific Northwest.

Whooping cough cases surge across the Pacific Northwest
The Oregon Health Authority is reporting over 800 cases of pertussis in the state as of Wednesday. The agency expects Oregon will soon surpass its 2012 record of 910 cases.

Women forced out of Idaho for medically-needed abortions sue for clarification on ban
The plaintiffs, which include both patients and physicians, say the abortion bans go against their constitutional rights to happiness and safety. The lawsuit does not seek to allow abortions in all cases, but wants the current law to allow patients with complications, pre-existing conditions and lethal fetal diagnosis to access care.

Since Dobbs, Idaho mothers increasingly accused of child abuse while pregnant
After Idaho's abortion ban, Planned Parenthood in Oregon and Washington saw Idaho patients rise. Idaho law currently restricts sharing information on out-of-state abortions with Idaho agencies.