Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane reminded candidates and groups on Tuesday to comply with campaign finance disclosure laws following complaints about unidentified election-related communications.
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Bonneville School District trustees approved a resolution requiring teachers to certify their biological sex to comply with Idaho law.
District leaders say the new requirement will ensure compliance with state law governing public school bathroom usage. Multi-occupancy school restrooms must be designated for either males or females and only members of those biological sexes are allowed to enter, as required under Senate Bill 1100, passed in 2023.
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After three years of failed negotiations and mediation, the Idaho Falls Education Association and the school district have ratified a collective bargaining agreement that provides no increases to base salary, but does allow for movement on the career ladder and for years served.
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Rep. Barbara Ehardt, R-Idaho Falls, will face Republican Connor Cook in the May 19 primary election in District 33 House Seat A. She is seeking a fifth term.
In her four Republican primary elections, Ehardt has been challenged by a Republican just once. She faced her first and only Republican in 2022, when she beat Jeff Thompson with 57% of the vote.
Cook, a newcomer to politics, said he thinks Ehardt has stopped listening to her constituents. He said he would bring common sense to the Statehouse from a blue collar perspective. He’s worked as a paramedic and firefighter for 10 years and is a union member.
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Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has endorsed David Worley, a District 28 Senate candidate, in his Republican primary bid against Sen. Jim Guthrie, who is seeking a ninth term in the Legislature.
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Voters in District 31 will settle a debate in May.
Rep. Rod Furniss, R-Rigby, and former legislator Karey Hanks both claim they best represent the interests of citizens in Fremont, Clark, Jefferson and Lemhi counties.
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Slapping an “of Idaho” onto the end of a political action committee’s name doesn’t necessarily mean the money it spends comes from within the Gem State.
The Citizens Alliance of Idaho PAC on Wednesday reported a $400,000 contribution from Citizens Alliance Political Action Committee Inc., a super PAC based in Fairfax, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C.
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Union leaders in Idaho say a new requirement to start the school day with a moment of silence is just another way that the Legislature is micromanaging public school classrooms and taking away local control.
Teachers are rolling their eyes at the new mandate, said Brian Coffey, president of the Nampa Education Association.
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The same three candidates who ran in 2024 will face off again in May for District 28 House Seat A.
All three have different personal experiences that have shaped their opinions on school choice. One attended a rural Idaho school with limited resources, another attended segregated schools in Georgia, and one is a transplant who sought out Idaho’s conservative values.
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Lower enrollment led Pocatello-Chubbuck trustees on Tuesday night to adopt an adjusted budget with a $1.3 million decrease in state revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30.
The district budgeted for a decrease in three support units this school year, but the district’s enrollment has decreased to the equivalent of 11 units, said Jonathan Balls, the district’s director of business operations, in a Tuesday interview.
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A high-stakes Republican primary rematch is set for May 19 as former three-term Representative Julianne Young challenges incumbent Ben Fuhriman (R-Shelley) for Idaho’s District 30 House Seat B.
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It’s filing week in Idaho.
Candidates are officially declaring for 105 seats in the Idaho Legislature and seven statewide offices.
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A Republican lawmaker is criticizing Idaho’s top budget writers after they claimed on television that 26 states are in a recession — a figure they could not immediately source as legislators debate spending cuts and whether to tap the state’s rainy day fund.
The co-chairs of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee made their stance clear in a roundtable discussion last week on Idaho Reports, but one data point they shared didn’t sit well with a representative from Shelley.
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An Idaho Army National Guard officer who claims he faced religious discrimination for his opposition to a Pocatello drag queen story hour announced he is running for Idaho Senate against Sen. Jim Guthrie.
David Worley, a Republican, writes on his campaign website that he believes the government should protect children and not normalize “radical sexual ideology” that undermines family life. He commits to protecting parental rights in education.
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The middle school teacher who was forced to remove a classroom sign that read, “Everyone is Welcome Here,” filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday seeking a declaration that an Idaho flag and banner law is unconstitutional.
Administrators for West Ada School District last year forced teacher Sarah Inama to remove the banner from her classroom. She quit her job in West Ada and now works for Boise School District.
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