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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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The Morrison Center. — **'Wolf/Girl' comes to the Morrison Center stage** Jan 24, 2024
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(Boise State Public Radio )
"Wolf/Girl" is the unlikeliest of dramas for a new year, combining fictional werewolves and echoes of real Idaho wolves. Playwright Heidi Kraay is one of two Boise writers in residence and her play is coming to the Danny Peterson Theater at the Morrison Center in Boise in February.
She sat down with our Morning Edition host George Prentice to talk about monsters, myths and metaphors.

The cover of "Differ We Must" by Steve Inskeep. — **'Differ We Must:' A conversation with Steve Inskeep** Jan 23, 2024
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( Penguin Press)
NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep is coming to Boise, and he has a new book out about President Abraham Lincoln.
While he was writing his book, "Differ We Must," he realized how politics is essential to sustaining democracy, and he says that no debate is ever really settled. The Cabin is bringing Inskeep to the Morrison Center on Thursday, Jan. 25, along with two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof.
Our Morning Edition host, George Prentice, got the chance to sit down with Inskeep to talk about today's GOP versus Lincoln's Republican Party.

**How possible changes to Idaho's Medicaid Expansion Program could impact cancer patients** Jan 23, 2024
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One of the things that Gov. Brad Little wants to do in the Idaho Legislature this year is include a work requirement for people enrolled in the Medicaid Expansion Program.
Medicaid Expansion was given the green light by voters five years ago, allowing more low-income residents to get health insurance.
According to the Idaho Capitol Sun, details on the governor's work plan are still to come but the topic has been controversial both in Idaho and around the country, with some saying that many people would lose their health insurance.
The American Cancer Society’s "Cancer Action Network" says people without insurance are less likely to get cancer screenings that can save lives. And early screening saves money by catching and treating cancer before it becomes untreatable.
Randy Johnson, Idaho Government Relations Director of the Cancer Action Network, and Lucy Dagneau, Senior Director of the state and local campaigns at the network, joined Idaho Matters to talk more.

How one Idaho museum is transporting people back to the past Jan 23, 2024

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Earlier this month, Scott McIntosh, opinion editor at the Idaho Statesman and frequent guest on our Reporter Roundtable, wrote a love letter of sorts in the newspaper to the Owyhee County Historical Museum.

Located in Murphy, the museum is dedicated to finding and preserving the history of Owyhee County. It features a recreation of an old Murphy schoolhouse, a 1920s gas station in Homedale, a walk-through mining tunnel and hundreds of artifacts, many donated by community members.

The museum has been growing and expanding a lot over the past five years since Eriks Garsvo became director. He joined Idaho Matters to take us on a virtual tour.

Nampa's iconic water tower comes down Jan 22, 2024

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The City of Nampa’s 50-year-old water tower is no more. The iconic metal tower, which held half-a-million gallons of water, had reached the end of its useful life.

Early Friday morning, the city felled the 100-foot-tall structure to make way for a new one.

The tower was a landmark, visible from cars traveling on Interstate 84, and was built in the 1970s. The new tank will be made out of concrete and will hold three times as much water and the project will cost $8 million.

Nampa’s Director of Water Resources Jeff Barnes joined Idaho Matters with more information.