Wherever you stand on the issue of climate change, chances are you are already paying for it. Take the cost of homeowners insurance, up 27% nationwide since 2021, according to data compiled by online insurance marketplace Insurify. And in some states, it’s far worse, like Louisiana, where premiums are projected to rise 23% this year … Read more
The Supreme Court rejected an attack on emergency abortion care in Idaho in a Thursday morning ruling. While the decision is a sigh of relief for many abortion rights advocates, many people ― including some Supreme Court justices ― are cautioning against calling it a win. The ruling was “per curiam,” meaning it was unsigned. … Read more
Anti-Abortion and Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The Supreme Court will allow Idaho doctors to resume performing abortions in medical emergencies, at least while the case works its way through lower courts. The court ruled 6-3 to dismiss the case as improvidently granted, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to a copy of the opinion briefly posted on the court’s website Wednesday and obtained by Bloomberg News. The document suggests the court will find that it should not have gotten … Read more
The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that it is investigating a video posted to social media that shows a captain speeding through a residential street in Las Vegas in his brand-new Tesla Cybertruck. Yes, this is a real sentence. Captain Matthew Wallace’s command at Creech Air Force Base in southern Nevada is now aware of … Read more
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it reached a preliminary agreement with Idaho-based semiconductor manufacturer Micron, the latest in a series of investments through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. President Biden will travel Thursday to Syracuse, N.Y., where he will tout the benefits of the agreement with Micron, which includes up to $6.1 billion … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to begin enforcing a state law barring transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, at least for now. This was the first time the justices have intervened in a case that touches on the question of gender-affirming care for minors — and transgender health more broadly. The case, Poe … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The justices’ order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they … Read more
Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate, Thomas Creech, evaded execution on Wednesday because executioners were unable to establish an IV for the lethal injection procedure, according to the Idaho Department of Corrections. His attorneys, advocates, the judge who sentenced him to death and the attorney who prosecuted him have all called for his life to be … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital emergencies, based on a lawsuit … Read more
