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Idaho Falls honors forgotten pioneers with new statue – East Idaho News

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A statue is awarded to Rebecca Brown Mitchell, an early settler of Idaho Falls. For more information, watch our interview with Museum of Idaho Managing Director Chloe Doucette in the video above. |Photo from brochure provided by Rebecca Mitchell Project IDAHO FALLS – An upcoming sculpture will honor the memory of Idaho Falls’ early settlers. … Read more

After four patient deaths, Idaho governor approves reinstatement of cut Medicaid mental health program – East Idaho News

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Gov. Brad Little gives the State of the State address at the Idaho Capitol on Jan. 12. (Credit: Sarah A. Miller, Idaho Statesman)

BOISE, Idaho (Capital Sun) – Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill Thursday that restores the Medicaid mental health treatment program that the state cut to comply with the governor’s budget-cutting orders. Less than three months after an Idaho Medicaid contractor shut down a mobile treatment program for people with severe mental illness, four patients … Read more