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What Cuban Americans think about Trump's comments about 'taking' Cuba
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (133+ words) EDUARDO GAMARRA: Good morning. Thank you for having me. MARTIN: Well, thanks for coming. So obviously, no community is a monolith. But do you have a sense of how Cuban Americans on the whole are reacting to what President Trump…...
How the SAVE Act would work
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (117+ words) Republicans say it would tamp down on voting by non-citizens, but that is already against the law and a rare occurrence, according to experts. Some experts are concerned the law could disenfranchise many eligible voters. - On Air Now Playing BSPR…...
Idaho House dashes cities' hopes of joining insurance plan
14+ hour, 56+ min ago (311+ words) Cities hoping to get cheaper health insurance through the state are out of luck this year. The bill from Rep. Rick Cheatum (R-Pocatello), who also sits on the Pocatello City Council, would've allowed cities to buy into the state employee…...
As lawmakers meet across the West, many homeowners insurance reforms are being debated
23+ hour, 51+ min ago (612+ words) Statehouses across the West are considering reforms to respond to the homeowners insurance crisis. While some are hitting headwinds, concern about the issue isn't going away. For decades, state-level insurance policymaking was a relatively quiet affair, according to Jordan Haedtler,…...
The threats to Minnesota's Medicaid funds are unprecedented. Other states could be next
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1099+ words) When Sarah Lindbo's 14-year-old daughter Greta is thriving, she is playful, engaged and not in pain. Greta, who has cerebral palsy, requires a range of supports to get to that point. That includes doctors, medical equipment, prescriptions, a paraprofessional at…...
Judge orders 1,000 Voice of America staffers back to work in rebuke to Kari Lake
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (531+ words) A federal judge ordered the parent agency of the Voice of America to return the network's 1,042 full-time employees who had been put on leave back to work by Monday, ruling that Trump administration official Kari Lake's efforts to dismantle the…...
Gov. Little signs new budget cuts after previously opposing them
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (402+ words) Gov. Brad Little OK'd a package of further budget cuts to state agencies, bringing the total to $131.3 million in the current fiscal year. Little signed the bill at 5:30 p.m. Monday evening, but the update was not made public until Tuesday afternoon....
Mother seeking asylum released after ICE raid in Vermont
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (125+ words) Activists in Vermont are rallying in solidarity with three people who were detained last week in a chaotic immigration raid that drew ... - On Air Now Playing BSPR Music (Classical, KBSU) Mother seeking asylum released after ICE raid in Vermont Here…...
Boise Airport TSA agents continue to work without pay amid partial shutdown
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (273+ words) As the Boise Airport expects to see 165,000 passengers traveling through its doors for Spring Break this week, TSA employees continue to work without pay. Since Feb. 14, the federal government has been in a partial shutdown. Until Congress passes a Department…...
'We never asked for a ceasefire,' says Iran's foreign minister, as war keeps raging
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1523+ words) Updated March 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM MDT The conflict in the Middle East has shown no signs of slowing down, with Israel announcing a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while Iran's foreign minister said it has not asked…...