Idaho Reports airs Friday at 8 p.m. on Idaho Public Television.

Tonight, we discuss a surprise move from the University of Idaho to acquire the University of Phoenix to the tune of half a billion dollars. Plus, an update on how many people have now been removed from the state’s Medicaid rolls.

Controlled hunt tags reduced for eastern Idaho deer, pronghorn

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has reduced the number of available controlled hunt tags for pronghorn and deer in some eastern areas of the state due to a drop in populations after a long, cold winter. In some areas, the commission canceled planned hunts entirely.

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Rewriting Election Rules

The debate over whether libraries or parents should be responsible for what children read has not been limited to the statehouse. It's made it into local elections, with many races on the ballot place this week. Mike Weland, publisher of 9B News, joined Logan Finney to break down the Boundary County election and what it can tell us about the library materials debate across the rest of the state.

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ANALYSIS: A messy, cumbersome school elections process played out Tuesday

Voters in six school districts approved bond issues and levies, just months after they had rejected previous ballot measures. In most cases, administrators and trustees came back to the voters with smaller requests. In some cases, the voters simply seemed to have a change of heart.

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