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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

ID: Immigration

For many migrant agricultural laborers in Idaho, language is a barrier to mental health services. (fizkes/Adobe Stock)
Advocates seek to expand mental health services among ID's Spanish speakers

Spanish-speaking Idahoans face a lack of mental health resources and advocates in the state want to change it. Kurtis Pugh, mental health manager …

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Maryam Nasar, alongside her mentor above, was born in Iraq and arrived in Idaho as a refugee in 2010. (Madeline Rose Scott)
ID Project Prepares Young Refugee Women for Workforce

BOISE, Idaho -- A Treasure Valley program is helping young women from refugee communities into the workforce, and hopefully to narrow the state's …

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The Women's March that began in 2017 aims to be more inclusive in Idaho this year. (Idaho Womxn's March)
Four Years On, Youth Leading ID Women's March

BOISE, Idaho -- Four years after the original Women's March, the day after the last presidential inauguration, young women in Idaho are taking the …

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Moses Mukengezi, who manages the men's mentoring program, came to the United States as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Moses Mukengezi)
Idaho Mentoring Program Supports Young Men in U.S. as Refugees

BOISE, Idaho -- A new program in Boise is helping to guide young men who are in the U.S. as refugees. The project run by the nonprofit group …

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The 2020 census can be filled out online this year. (dennizn/Adobe Stock)
ID Immigrant Groups Face Barriers to Accurate Census Count

BOISE, Idaho -- Amid a global pandemic, the once-a-decade census of Americans goes on, and there's a focus on ensuring that young children are …

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A new rule could affect roughly 70% of people who apply for green cards each year. (leekris/Adobe Stock)
Public Charge Rule Stokes Fear in ID Immigrant Communities

BOISE, Idaho -- A change to how public-assistance programs weigh on a person's citizenship application is shaking Idaho's immigrant community…

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Rallies are planned in more than 170 cities across the country to protest detention centers for children and family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border. (John MacDonald/Flickr)
Nationwide Rallies Call for Closure of Southern Border Camps

COUER D’ALENE, Idaho — Protests against detention-center conditions for children at the U.S.-Mexico border are taking place across the …

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Separation from a caregiver can lead to such disorders in adulthood as anxiety and depression. (pathdoc/Adobe Stock)
Long-Lasting Effects of Family Separation Policy Likely for Children

BOISE, Idaho – Separating families at the border likely will have long-term effects on the children involved. That's according to decades of …

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The 2020 Census begins in less than a year. (14ktgold/Adobe Stock)
Citizenship Question Could Impact 2020 Census in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho – Idaho has a lot riding on an accurate 2020 Census count, but concerns are growing that a citizenship question could skew results…

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In the past, Idahoans in the immigrant court system were referred to free and low-cost legal services in Montana or Washington. (Immigrant Justice Idaho)
Idaho's First Legal Services Org. for Low-Income Immigrants Launches

BOISE, Idaho — A new nonprofit has launched to give more Idahoans in immigrant court legal representation. Currently, only 25 percent of …

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Foreign-born workers make up 90 percent of workers at dairies in Idaho. (Idaho Office for Refugees)
Businesses, Idahoans Urge State Dept. to Preserve Refugee Programs

BOISE, Idaho – As the Trump administration reduces the number of refugees allowed into the United States, Idahoans and businesses are signing a …

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People gathered at Boise City Hall on Monday to honor the victims of the mass stabbing. (DieselDemon/Flickr)
Outpouring of Community Support for Victims of Boise Knife Attack

BOISE, Idaho – The community is showing up in support of the victims of a horrific mass stabbing in Boise that left one three-year-old girl …

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