Idaho

Legislation preventing transgender women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity headed to the House on Thursday.

A bill that would reduce the number of people required to report suspected child abuse narrowly won approval from a panel of Idaho lawmakers.

Legislation intended to create transparency in medical bills sent to patients and to rein in predatory medical debt collectors advanced to the Idaho House on Wednesday.

The parks and recreation department in Idaho has asked residents for donations to combat years of budget cuts for trail maintenance across the state.

Democratic US Senate candidate Nancy Harris is withdrawing from the race.

Idaho Senator Mark Nye (D-Pocatello) is taking the Governor’s budget plan to heart.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has become the first circuit in the nation to order a state to pay for an inmate’s gender confirmation surgery, ruling Monday that a three-judge panel decision from August will stand.

An Idaho lawmaker wants to ban transgender women athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.

A panel of Idaho lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public education.

Legislation aimed at reducing property taxes drew so many people wanting to speak that a House panel ran out of time Tuesday and delayed voting.

Candidates and political action committees will have an extra week to file required paperwork with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office.

Two attempts to introduce bills to repeal Idaho grocery taxes on food failed Monday and another was withdrawn by its sponsor, leaving only one grocery tax relief bill pending in the Legislature.

Legislation for a constitutional amendment introduced Monday could end up reducing some property taxes by removing exemptions for others.

The budget for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Medicaid will surpass $3 billion for the first time, state officials said Monday, with more than $2 billion of that coming from the federal government.

Idaho governors would have only one choice rather than three when it came to filling legislative vacancies under a measure that headed to the House on Thursday.