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(AP) - Idaho leaders have long promoted private prisons by saying it's cheaper for the state to outsource prison management. But an examination of comparative costs by The Associated Press shows the state has never actually done the math, and there may be no cost savings at all...

(AP) - Idaho prison officials say the execution of Paul Ezra Rhoades for his role in the 1987 murders of  two women cost the state more than $50,000. Rhoades died by lethal injection Nov. 18 at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, marking the state's first execution in 17 years.

First hour - Idaho Department of Corrections Director Brent Reinke comments "improvements" at the Idaho Correctional Center, Protect Life bill passed by the U.S. House of Representives. Second hour - Idaho LGBT Activist Jody May-Chang disputes comments made by American Family Association Director Brian Fischer ...

The Idaho State Police say two area residents were sent to the hospital last evening after a two vehicle crash west of Twin Falls on Highway 30.  That accident happened just after 9 o’clock last night.

Top Story Podcast 6/2/11: First hour - Brent Reinke, IDOC Director, Mandy Wardle with QRU Benefit. Second hour - the economy...better or worse?  Read more on the economy Looking for an older show? Check the Top Story Podcast Archive ... Read More ...