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June 9, 2023

Bankrolling the Bus, Wildfire Predictions, and Tubing the Co-op Parking Lot

It’s been a busy, windy week but it’s finally Friday! Emma’s got lead producer Frankie Barnhill and the Idaho Statesman’s Ian Max Stevenson with her to work through the week’s headlines. They’re talking public transit woes, next steps in the zoning code rewrite, and summer wildfire predictions. Plus, why you really shouldn’t tube the floodwaters in the Boise Co-op parking lot (even though it’s cute).


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