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Tylenol murders update: Idaho investigators identified the long-mysterious “Unknown Wanderer” as Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski and say they’ve shared potential links to the 1982 Chicago cyanide poisonings with Chicago police, while stressing he isn’t being publicly labeled a suspect yet. Public safety and hoaxes: Caldwell High School cleared after a bomb threat search found no credible danger, and multiple Idaho schools faced “swatting” lockdowns, including Lake City High in Coeur d’Alene and a hoax reported at Bonneville High in Idaho Falls. Local government: Boise Mayor Lauren McLean criticized a proposed Kuna-area “mega data center” on public lands, calling for a state framework before large-scale server projects move forward. Courts and civil rights: A U.S. Supreme Court ruling upheld Idaho’s transgender sports ban under Title IX, keeping the state law in place. Education politics: Idaho’s superintendent race is heating up around school funding, with candidates sparring over rewriting the state’s decades-old funding formula and priorities like special education and mental health. Nonprofit justice: The Idaho Innocence Project is shuttered, but a new nonprofit effort backed by Innocence Project founder Greg Hampikian and Amanda Knox says it will take on wrongful-conviction cases in Idaho. Law enforcement contracting: Hayden rejected a proposed enhanced services contract with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, though officials say penal-crime coverage will continue under state law. Business and jobs: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is investing $150 million in Post Falls, planning to hire about 250 workers by 2027.

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