ID group brings medical cannabis initiative as legislators aim to take legalization out of citizens' hands

Plus, we look ahead to Idaho’s primary as counties in the panhandle prepare to begin early voting. District 1 will see two rematches: Sen. Woodward v. former Sen. Herndon and Rep. Sauter v. Sauter. Spokane and Stevens County voters have until tomorrow to weigh in on school and library ballot measures. (Editor's note: A previous version of this story mistakenly identified a failed East Valley bond attempt as having taken place in November. The bond appeared on February 2026 ballots. We regret the error.) WA high schools have the chance to get free suicide prevention training, but almost no schools east of the Cascades are participating in the program. And we walk through WA’s new climate action plan, which gives the state 25 years to decarbonize.