📰 In this Midweek Report: AG Challenges Ranked Choice Voting, power cuts in Idaho, and new city council budgets across in Ada and the state. Don’t miss the latest updates from around the state!

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00:00 Intro

00:36 Idaho AG Petitions Supreme Court on Ballot Measure

https://gemstatechronicle.com/2024/07/labradors-opening-salvo-against-ranked-choice-voting/

https://www.ag.idaho.gov/newsroom/attorney-general-labrador-files-court-challenge-to-deceptively-marketed-ranked-choice-voting-and-top-four-ballot-initiative/

https://attorneygeneralofidaho-my.sharepoint.com/personal/isaac_considine_ag_idaho_gov/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fisaac%5Fconsidine%5Fag%5Fidaho%5Fgov%2FDocuments%2FVerified%20Petition%20%2D%20Idahoans%20for%20Open%20Primaries%2F2024%2D07%2D24%20Petition%20for%20Writ%20of%20Prohibition%20or%20Mandamus%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fisaac%5Fconsidine%5Fag%5Fidaho%5Fgov%2FDocuments%2FVerified%20Petition%20%2D%20Idahoans%20for%20Open%20Primaries&ga=1

02:04 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: Colorado Trial Puts Deal on Ice

https://boisedev.com/news/2024/07/25/kroger-albertsons-hold/

04:19 Idaho Freedom Caucus: A House Divided

https://idahodispatch.com/state-freedom-caucus-network-denounces-3-idaho-lawmakers-in-dispute-over-group-membership/

06:23 Power Cuts Hit Idaho and Oregon Amid Fire Risk

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/wildfire/power-may-be-cut-later-wednesday-idaho-power/277-96399067-fade-4f58-b71d-8908e3e5f8db

08:27 Heatwave Grips Idaho: Temperatures Records

https://boisedev.com/news/2024/07/18/inside-the-hottest-town-in-idaho/

10:09 North Idaho Fair Eyes Massive Expansion

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/jul/23/fair-master-plan-unveiled/

12:16 Idaho 55 Saga Continues: Barrier Replacement

https://boisedev.com/news/2024/07/22/idaho-55-barriers/

14:28 Kootenai County Weighs 3% Tax Hike for 2025 Budget

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/jul/25/kootenai-county-commissioners-eye-25-pay-increase-for-employees/

16:09 Boise's 2025 Budget: Tax Hikes and Growth

https://boisedev.com/2024/07/25/2025-budget-approval/

https://www.cityofboise.org/media/18852/fy2025-proposed-budget-web-version.pdf

18:09 Meridian's $256M Budget Plan Sparks Debate

https://boisedev.com/news/2024/07/24/meridian-budget-256-million/

19:30 Fourth Time's the Charm for Eagle Chick-fil-A Development

https://boisedev.com/news/2024/07/24/eagle-chickfila-panera/

21:04 West Nile Virus Detected in Canyon County

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-press/west-nile-virus-detected-canyon-county-mosquito-pools-near-parma/277-aa329ef6-0f63-47d5-88c8-587db780e165

22:11 Rexburg's Drive-In Theater Closes After 75 Years

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/07/rexburg-drive-in-permanently-closing-after-75-years-heres-whats-happening-with-the-property/

23:35 Closing