{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Happening in Boise","title":"Happening in Boise: Medicaid Fights and Steakhouse Pretensions","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a2c07c34\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1121,"description":"Your weekly dose of essential Boise news, served with a side of realistic despair. This week, we dive into the Idaho Statehouse, where lawmakers are 'sitting heavy' on a budget surplus while simultaneously proposing Medicaid cuts and rolling out a new school voucher program ripe for misuse. We also cover the Boise School District's bureaucratic search for a new superintendent, the shockingly stable housing market, and why Boise's rental prices are suddenly in a freefall. Plus, we review the new, ridiculously expensive El Gaucho steakhouse, lament the I-84 construction nightmare at the Garrity exit, and recap a tough road loss for the Idaho Steelheads. Finally, we explore the paranoid world of the Nextdoor app and deliver a weather forecast that confirms it's another gray week in the Treasure Valley.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zOCZX-wcKhCHn4JARPxma-PEBSQrhwE2lYfX8nKQ-Us/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTVi/OWQ1MmUyZTdhNzMx/MTUxNDBmMmQ0NWIz/OGE4Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}