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**Idaho Matters**

Idaho Matters is a wonderful way to stay up to date, meet people and understand there’s much more to this great state. Hosted by Gemma Gaudette on Boise State Public Radio News, it features arts and politics, growth and education, and the interesting stories that make Idaho unique. Send us your questions, comments or story ideas by emailing idahomatters@boisestate.edu or sending us a voicemail using the “Talk To Us” feature on the free Boise State Public Radio app.

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**Idaho Matters Doctors Roundtable: April 3, 2024** Apr 03, 2024
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(Michael_McCullough / Flickr Creative Commons)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the detection of a highly pathogenic avian influenza in an Idaho dairy herd.
Cows at a Cassia County Dairy operation started experiencing symptoms shortly after the farm received a shipment of cattle from an operation in Texas, where cows there later tested positive.
Dr. David Pate, the former CEO of St. Luke's Health System, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about this and its impact on the Gem State.

**Local nonprofit works to support black entrepreneurs in Idaho** Apr 03, 2024
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Executive Admin from the Idaho Black Community Alliance. (Andrea Dixey / IBCA)
Last Friday, a group of people gathered in Meridian to help support and uplift black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs in Idaho. The occasion was the grand opening of a new community space by the Idaho Black Community Alliance.
We wanted to know more about the space and the Alliance, so we asked Trish Walker, the CEO and Founder of the Idaho Black Community Alliance, to join Idaho Matters and tell us more.

**The history of hate groups in Idaho** Apr 03, 2024
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FILE - In this May 22, 2001, file photo, a worker moves children's play equipment away from a watch tower and off the property of the former headquarters of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations, near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Nearly two decades after the compound was demolished, far-right extremists are maintaining a presence in the Pacific Northwest. White nationalism has been on the rise across the U.S., but it has particular resonance along the Idaho-Washington border. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)(Elaine Thompson/AP / AP)
Police in Coeur d’Alene are still investigating allegations of racial harassment against the University of Utah basketball team. According to reports by the team last month, racial slurs and a Confederate flag were part of the incident.
Two years ago, 31 members of a group called the “Patriot Front” were arrested and charged with conspiring to riot during a Pride Festival event also in Coeur d’Alene.
Four years ago, Boise’s Anne Frank Memorial was defaced with swastikas.
Racial hate is not new to Idaho, and the Aryan Nations are a big part of the history of hate in the Gem State.
Alisha Graefe has been studying the Aryan Nations in Idaho for years. She’s an archivist at the Albertsons Library at Boise State University, and she’ll be giving a talk on April 11th at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Boise. She joined Idaho Matters for a preview.

**Everything you need to know about next week's total solar eclipse** Apr 02, 2024
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The total solar eclipse from 2017. (Mark Teufel / Flickr)
Next week, millions of people across the country will be cast in the moon's shadow during the total solar eclipse. A celestial event that the United States won't experience again for nearly 20 years.
Brian Jackson, Associate Professor for the Department of Physics at Boise State University, joined Idaho Matters to talk more about what to expect.

**Jury selection for Chad Daybell trial begins** Apr 02, 2024
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Chad Daybell sits during a court hearing, Aug. 4, 2020, in St. Anthony, Idaho. (John Roark/AP / Pool The Idaho Post-Register)
It's been almost five years since two eastern Idaho children went missing and were later found burned and buried on the property of Chad Daybell. Now his trial has begun.
Daybell is accused of killing seven-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow,his sister Tylee Ryan and his ex-wife, Tammy Daybell.Daybell pleaded not guilty in the case and faces the death penalty.
His wife, Lori Vallow, was convicted last year in the deaths of her two children.
All Things Considered Host Troy Oppie watched the first day of the trial, where jury selection is taking place, and he joined Idaho Matters to tell us more.

**Did lawmakers violate open meetings law?** Apr 02, 2024
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The Idaho Senate gathers in the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho.(Keith Ridler / AP)
Did lawmakers at the Idaho legislature violate open meetings laws? That’s the question swirling around the Statehouse after an impromptu and unannounced meeting of some of the members of the powerful budget writing committee last Thursday, March 28.
It’s a joint committee, meaning lawmakers from both the House and Senate gather to produce the budgets that spend taxpayer money to keep the state running.
The legislature is exempted from some of the state open meetings laws, and on Friday, March 29, the head of the senate side of the committee told Idaho Reports that it was not an official meeting.
We wanted to know more, so we asked Logan Finney with Idaho Reports on Idaho Public Television to join Idaho Matters.

**The music of Mark and Maggie O'Connor returns to Idaho** Apr 02, 2024
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Mark and Maggie O'Connor( Maia Rosenfeld)
For nearly his whole life, Mark O'Connor has been playing music.
Except for Prince, he was the youngest artist to ever sign a recording contract with Warner Brothers and went on to win three Grammys and become a seven-time CMA musician of the year.
Now he makes music with his wife Maggie, who plays violin, and picked up a Grammy playing bluegrass with the O’Connor Band during COVID.
The dynamic duo will be visiting Idaho this month as they get ready to release their new album “Life After Life,” and they joined Idaho Matters for a chat.

Celebrating 40 years of music with the Braun Brothers Apr 01, 2024

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Last month, we learned that the popular Braun Brothers Reunion Festival would celebrate its 40th anniversary in Idaho in August.

It was back in 1984 when Muzzie Braun and his wife launched the popular music festival, and it's been going strong for four decades.

The festival started in Stanley, then moved to Challis, where every year the small town is inundated with over 3,000 fans of the brothers and their music.

Two of the Braun brothers, Cody and Micky, joined Idaho Matters to tell us more about this year's reunion.

**Fostering hope for Child Abuse Prevention Month** Apr 01, 2024
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Child Abuse Prevention Pinwheel.(Phil Roeder / Flickr )
For the last 40 years, Child Abuse Prevention Month has been observed during April here in the United States.
As today kicks off this month of awareness, Idaho Matters sat down with Roger Sherman, the Executive Director of the Idaho Children's Trust Fund, and Kim Hemmert, the Grants Manager for the trust fund, to talk more about the importance of this work.

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