This week on Idaho Reports, we join Gov. Brad Little at his home in Emmett, ID for part one of a two-part interview on the 2023 legislative session and much more.

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Planned Parenthood lawsuit: Attorney General rescinded abortion letter but hasn't disavowed analysis

“The withdrawal of that opinion should have ended any arguable legal controversy over the matter. But it didn’t,” AG Labrador's office wrote in response to the lawsuit. “Plaintiffs still claim they need an injunction against a purported ongoing threat from a now-rescinded letter that the Attorney General never enforced and has no power to enforce."

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From "True" to "Pants on Fire"

PolitiFact managing editor Katie Sanders spoke earlier this year at the University of Idaho's annual Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium. She joined Melissa Davlin for a conversation on misinformation, conspiracy theories, and the future of fact checking.

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‘Diversity statements’ banned for higher ed jobs

While the use of diversity statements has become a hot-button topic in national academic circles, it’s unclear whether the practice has been commonplace in Idaho. After brief discussion, the State Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday banning the statements “as a condition of hiring.”

North Idaho librarian wins national award for supporting LGBTQ+ youth despite backlash

The award, established in 2014 by the American Library Association and Daniel Handler (who writes under the pen name Lemony Snicket), recognizes a librarian who has faced adversity with integrity while helping improve their community. In 2019, the Post Falls branch of the Community Library Network began the Rainbow Squad Program, a monthly program for LGBTQ+ youth and allies to connect and participate in non-academic activities.

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