
Nicole Blanchard
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Investigative reporter @IdahoStatesman (mostly outdoors/environment). @MedillSchool & @IdahoStateU grad. Nervous human. Tips to [email protected]
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.Nicole Blanchard reports: Idaho AG Raúl Labrador cast doubts on doctors’ claims they’re transferring more patients out of state for care to comply with abortion laws. Democratic lawmakers said Labrador's take ignored the reality of the situation in Idaho. idahostatesman.com/news/politics-…


"It’s hard to overstate the number of California relocations" who are shaping Idaho politics, said BSU prof Stephanie Witt. "We’ve had people that were good legislators, very conservative ... but they’re being painted like they’re Bernie Sanders acolytes." propublica.org/article/idaho-…

Professor Kate O'Neill, a global expert on waste and environmental politics, recently spoke to Nicole Blanchard about what really happens to the plastics that Boise residents place in the recycling bin. idahostatesman.com/news/local/env…

Good reporting here from Nicole Blanchard. The latest in our Trash Troubles occasional series. idahostatesman.com/news/local/env…



"It is delay:" Nicole Blanchard & Ian M Stevenson's thorough story on the Supreme Court's decision to reverse an order banning abortions when a patient’s health is at risk — and kicking the decision down to the lower courts. idahostatesman.com/news/politics-…


Survivors of rape or incest — if they report the crime — are one of the few people able to get an abortion under Idaho law. But one major barrier could make that difficult: denial of their own police reports. Nicole Blanchard's detailed reporting explains: idahostatesman.com/news/politics-…



Idaho lacks state heat protections for workers that neighboring states have. My first story for InvestigateWest looks at two worker deaths in 2021 and the differing responses to them from Idaho and Oregon. invw.org/2024/08/15/a-t…





there are so many horrifying details stuffed into Audrey Dutton's story about what happens when states like Idaho have limited regulations for coroners, that it's almost easy to miss the ones that make you want to scream propublica.org/article/idaho-…


BREAKING: Judge in #Idaho4 case said he would invite appointing special prosecutor to investigate gag order violations in #BryanKohberger's murder trial just days after Dateline NBC aired episode with unreleased details about investigation, w/ Nicole Blanchard idahostatesman.com/news/local/cri…
