Kyle Pfannenstiel

Kyle Pfannenstiel

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Kyle Pfannenstiel is a reporter for the Idaho Capital Sun focusing on health care. He previously covered rural health care and the COVID-19 pandemic for the Post Register and Report for America and worked as a night reporter at the Idaho Press. He fell in love with storytelling as a reporter at The Argonaut, the student newspaper at University of Idaho, and later worked as media relations manager at the university. His family is from Idaho Falls. He lives in Boise, where he spends his time cycling, brewing coffee and walking with his two small poodles.

Top insurance official recommends task force for studying Idaho’s most critical healthcare issues
As the Idaho Legislature continues to study the state’s health insurance system before reconvening for the 2027 legislative session, the state’s top insurance official recommended having prolonged study of healthcare issues. The suggestion came soon after Dean Cameron, the director...
Searching for work in Idaho? Employers to attend Boise job fair Tuesday.
Employers seeking workers will be available at a hiring event next week in Boise, the Idaho Department of Labor announced in a news release. More than a dozen employers — in government and private business — plan to attend the...
After budget cuts, Idaho plans to maintain low government spending, state official says
Idaho state government agencies’ budget requests for the next fiscal year are now publicly available. The requests, which are online on the Division of Financial Management’s website , are for Idaho’s fiscal year 2028, which starts July 1, 2027. After...
Idaho election officials worry about mail-in ballot changes proposed by Trump administration
Across the country, state election officials are waiting to discover if federal courts will allow the Trump administration’s restrictions on mail-in voting to take effect. In Idaho, like many other states , election officials are nervous the changes might come...
Jury finds Idaho faith leader guilty of trespassing in protest of anti-trans bills
Months after protestors wouldn’t leave the lobby of the Idaho governor’s office in an attempt to meet with him over anti-transgender bills, a jury on Tuesday found a local minister guilty on a misdemeanor trespassing charge. The jury found the...
‘It’s a powerful symbol:’ Idaho’s Liberty Bell is back on tour and coming to your county
In May 1950, Idaho’s very own version of the Liberty Bell arrived in the Gem State. Nearly a year later, the bell found its home: Sitting prominently in front of grand steps leading up to the Idaho State Capitol —...
Idaho’s Medicaid work requirements start in January. Here’s how they will work.
In about four months, low-income Idahoans on Medicaid expansion will need to prove they are meeting new work requirements to remain on the public assistance program. The new rules — made largely by the federal government — require people to...
Instagram’s parent company to pay Idaho up to $127M to settle social media addiction lawsuit
Idaho could receive more than $100 million under a settlement in a child social media addiction lawsuit by the tech giant Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram. The settlement, announced Wednesday, was reached in the midst of a lawsuit trial...
Idaho State Police want to speed up DNA tests. The state just broke ground on a new forensic lab.
Correction: This story was updated at 7:30 p.m. due to incorrect information shared by Idaho State Police about the funding source for the new facility. The forensics lab’s construction is funded through state general funds appropriated in 2022 through House...
Idaho law student writes bill to ban sale of human remains — before she can even practice law
When Desalyn Swank applied to law school at University of Idaho, she said she made it clear she wanted to reform the state’s laws. Before her first year at law school ended, she already had. This year, the Idaho Legislature...
Governor appoints justice to Idaho Supreme Court to fill upcoming vacancy
Idaho Gov. Brad Little named an Idaho Supreme Court justice to fill a vacancy left by the retiring chief justice. Little appointed Fourth District Judge Jason Scott to fill outgoing Chief Justice Richard Bevan’s seat on the state’s highest court...
After falling out, East Idaho hospital reaches deal to re-join network for health insurer
After a public contract dispute that led an East Idaho hospital to become out of network with a major health insurer, the two businesses agreed to a contract. The deal brings Portneuf Medical Center in-network for Regence BlueShield of Idaho...