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HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Army spokeswoman says Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been a prisoner of war in Afghanistan for five years, is being allowed to venture off the Texas military base where he is receiving care as part of his "reintegration process" into society. The 28-year-old Bergdahl has been at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio since returning to the United States last month. The Idaho native was freed by the Taliban May 31.
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — An Oregon woman has been placed on felony probation for 10 years after pleading guilty to exploitation of a vulnerable person for taking more than $6,500 from her grandmother and charging $30,000 to her credit cards. Nampa police arrested 37-year-old Jeannie Halsell of Ontario, Oregon in October 2013 after an investigation found she took money from her grandmother's checking and savings accounts and made unauthorized charges to her credit cards between February 2011 and April 2013.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho attorneys are requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court consider a state appeal of a lawsuit challenging Medicaid provider reimbursement rates. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden filed the petition paperwork today on behalf of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The state's appeal requests the justices to decide on a 2009 case where five providers alleged that Idaho's Medicaid rates were too low because they were kept at 2006 reimbursement levels.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's GOP congressional leaders say state party leaders should meet Aug. 2 to determine who's in charge and achieve unity. GOP Sen. Jim Risch and Rep. Mike Simpson issued a joint statement yesterday saying that they that agree with Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter that members should respect the date members have chosen to scrutinize their party leaders' qualifications. Their announcement comes after weeks of division between far-right conservatives and establishment Republicans fighting over when the state central committee should meet this summer.
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