Idaho Republican joins transgender sports lawsuit fight
Idaho Republican Party Chairman Raul Labrador has signed on to represent two college track athletes who want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republican Party Chairman Raul Labrador has signed on to represent two college track athletes who want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingIdaho voters will now have until Tuesday to request their absentee ballots, according to a new Idaho federal court ruling Friday…
Continue ReadingBased on the number of statewide ballot requests, the 2020 May Primary Election is on track to have the largest voter turnout of any…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Secretary of State’s office says it improperly released the protected addresses of 55 people to several groups and individuals that…
Continue ReadingCounty election workers across Idaho were bustling for the state primary on Tuesday, but the tasks were far from the usual…
Continue ReadingIdaho is holding an entirely mail-in primary for the first time as the state works to slow the spread of the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced during a press conference Thursday Idaho will enter Stage 2 of Idaho Rebounds on May…
Continue ReadingBannock, Madison, Bingham and Bonneville counties are all seeing significant increases in people participating in the…
Continue ReadingIdaho state Rep. Thyra Stevenson died Monday, a week after suffering a serious heart…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s primary election is May 19 and that’s how long you have to get your request for a ballot in to the County Elections…
Continue ReadingA northern Idaho lawmaker has been hospitalized after suffering a heart…
Continue ReadingA complaint has been filed to the IRS about the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s 501(c)(3) status after the group was allegedly involved in “illegal”…
Continue ReadingAn anti-vaccine activist who was arrested in Idaho after she repeatedly refused orders by police to leave a playground that had been closed because…
Continue ReadingThe Bingham County Republican Central Committee will hold a virtual forum with candidates running in the Idaho Legislative District 31B.…
Continue ReadingIn an effort to instill ‘certainty’ and ‘confidence’ in Idahoans, Governor Brad Little announced a 4-stage plan to reopen Idaho during a…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little’s efforts to flatten the curve and slow the rate of infection and spread of the coronavirus after it made a rapid entry into…
Continue ReadingSenator Mike Crapo has been picked to oversee the Senate CARES Act committee.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced Thursday a partnership with Idaho Grocers to provide a stamp for your primary ballot, if the…
Continue ReadingThe group whose lawsuit successfully forced the state of Idaho to allow transgender people to change the genders on their birth certificates has…
Continue ReadingTwo civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Idaho law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports, the…
Continue ReadingBillions of dollars in financial relief is coming our way from the federal…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed an executive order Tuesday, forming his new Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee to oversee the approximately $1.25…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have carved out an exemption allowing a northern Idaho lawmaker’s faith-based drug and…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation that would have set up a process to compensate people convicted of crimes they didn’t commit, but he…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday signed into law two anti-transgender…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced Monday there will be no change in Idaho’s primary election date of May…
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Lawerence Denney has asked Governor Brad Little to delay the May 19 primary election. …
Continue ReadingLegislation sending just under $400,000 to a state board to use to kill problem wolves in Idaho has been signed into law by Gov. Brad…
Continue ReadingVisitors to Idaho 18 and over who can legally possess firearms will be allowed to carry a concealed handgun without a permit or training within city…
Continue ReadingWhistleblower lawsuits against Idaho would be limited to $370,000 in non-economic damages under legislation signed into law by Gov. Brad…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation setting 16 as the minimum age for a person to get…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed a transportation funding bill citing his concern that it takes money that might be needed elsewhere at a time of…
Continue ReadingWe are getting more answers into the statewide response to the growing…
Continue ReadingThe deadline Gov. Brad Little has given himself for possibly vetoing two anti-transgender bills sent to him by the Legislature is March 31, his…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House ended the 2020 legislative session on Friday after balancing fears of spreading the coronavirus with potential vetoes of several…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate called an end to the 2020 legislative session on Thursday, but the House isn’t quite ready to be done and only adjourned until…
Continue ReadingLegislation banning texting while driving but allowing hands-free uses such as talking or using the navigation function of an electronic mobile…
Continue ReadingLt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has left the Statehouse and returned to Idaho Falls, leaving Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill to preside over the Senate…
Continue ReadingWhistleblower lawsuits against Idaho would be limited to $370,000 in non-economic damages under legislation is heading to the governor.…
Continue ReadingLegislation that would compensate the wrongly convicted headed to the governor’s desk on…
Continue ReadingLegislation sending just under $400,000 to a state board to use to kill problem wolves in Idaho headed to the governor’s desk on…
Continue ReadingLegislation making abortion a crime in Idaho should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing the procedure is headed to…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Democratic Party is calling on Governor Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawrence Denney to hold the May 19 Primary Election entirely be…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho bill banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports despite warnings that such a law is unconstitutional headed to the…
Continue ReadingA petition drive for a ballot initiative to bring in $170 million for K-12 education by raising Idaho’s corporate tax rate and increasing taxes on…
Continue ReadingLegislation banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public education headed to the Idaho governor’s desk on…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday signed into law a bill creating transparency in medical bills sent to former patients and to rein in predatory…
Continue ReadingIdaho legislation banning transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a federal court ruling declaring such a…
Continue ReadingTwo Idaho lawmakers are getting out of the Statehouse due to fears from the new coronavirus, and others said Tuesday that their decision to remain is…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho bill banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports despite warnings that such a law is unconstitutional headed back to the…
Continue ReadingAttorney and former federal prosecutor Mark Taylor has filed to run for Jefferson County Prosecutor.…
Continue ReadingA House panel on Monday approved legislation making abortion a crime should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the ruling establishing…
Continue ReadingThe stage is set for the May 19th primary elections in…
Continue ReadingLegislation allowing Idaho school district employees with an enhanced concealed weapons license to carry a concealed weapon on school property was…
Continue ReadingA bill in Idaho that would ban any public money from going to organizations that provide abortions headed to the Senate on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate on Thursday approved a measure banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public…
Continue ReadingGov. Brad Little and leaders in the Idaho House and Senate said Thursday they’ve made contingency plans for a hasty end to the legislative session…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate on Thursday approved legislation making abortion a crime should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the ruling establishing…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers moved at lightning speed Thursday to bolster the state’s ability to fight the new…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Elections Office was able to release results Tuesday shortly after 10 p.m. – over an hour earlier than originally expected.…
Continue ReadingBonneville County Elections officials are fielding questions about party affiliation. …
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers moved quickly Wednesday to bolster the state’s ability to test for the new…
Continue ReadingIdaho motorists will have three additional years before having to replace a vehicle’s physical license plates.…
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Continue ReadingClark County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy John Clements announced Tuesday he will be a candidate for Sheriff this…
Continue ReadingIdaho voters on Tuesday will pick Democratic, Republican and Constitutional party candidates to represent them in the November general…
Continue ReadingIn addition to the Presidential preference primaries of the Republican, Democratic, and Constitution Parties, voters will be deciding a number of…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls mental health professional Marco Erickson announced Monday he will challenge incumbent Representative Bryan Zollinger for his house seat…
Continue ReadingWhistleblower lawsuits against Idaho would be limited to $370,000 in non-economic damages under legislation that headed to the Senate on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Patient Act, HB 515, is on its way to the Governor’s…
Continue ReadingOn a 30-4 vote, the Idaho Senate has approved a bill sponsors say will more fairly redistribute sales tax revenues to…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel has approved a measure banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public education.…
Continue ReadingIdaho is moving closer to banning transgender girls and women from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams sponsored by public schools, colleges…
Continue ReadingRepublican Dustin Manwaring has announced he will attempt to reclaim his District 29 House seat in the May primary. …
Continue ReadingJefferson County Prosecutor Paul Gary Butikofer is seeking a second term as prosecutor.…
Continue ReadingA big decision is set to be made in Pocatello and Chubbuck…
Continue ReadingWhistleblower lawsuits against Idaho would be limited to $370,000 in non-economic damages under legislation that headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingGov. Brad Little signed legislation that significantly increases what it will cost nonresidents to hunt deer and elk in…
Continue ReadingIdaho residents will be able to display their opposition to abortion on their license plates under a bill signed into law by Gov. Brad…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s presidential primary on Tuesday could give an indication of the political leanings of all the newcomers to the state.…
Continue ReadingA Constitutional amendment freezing the number of Idaho legislative districts at 35 and number of lawmakers at 105 will go before voters in…
Continue ReadingA transgender athlete who competes for Team USA is calling Idaho’s proposal to ban transgender females from competing against other women…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Senate panel on Wednesday approved legislation to create transparency in medical bills sent to patients and rein in predatory medical debt…
Continue ReadingPower, Bingham, Bonneville and Jefferson counties have all reported a lower turnout for early voting this…
Continue ReadingIdaho Governor Brad Little is urging Idahoans to remain calm about the coronavirus, but at the same time, letting us know the state is preparing if…
Continue ReadingThe amount of money in Idaho’s rainy-day fund that serves as a cushion against a potential economic downturn would increase under legislation that…
Continue ReadingA bill in Idaho that would ban any public money from going to organizations that provide abortions headed to the Senate on…
Continue ReadingBonneville County Prosecutor Daniel Clark has announced he will seek re-election in 2020.…
Continue ReadingSeveral news and legal organizations have told the Idaho Supreme Court they believe state prison officials are required to reveal the source of drugs…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers have rejected legislation raising the legal smoking age to 21.…
Continue ReadingLegislation introduced Monday would make abortion a crime in Idaho should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the ruling establishing…
Continue ReadingA bill in Idaho that would ban any public money from going to organizations that provide abortions was approved Friday by a panel of lawmakers…
Continue ReadingVisitors to Idaho 18 and over who can legally possess firearms will be allowed to carry a concealed handgun without a permit or training within city…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers moved forward Thursday with legislation banning transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a…
Continue Readinghe Idaho House on Wednesday passed legislation preventing transgender women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity…
Continue ReadingRestrictions on using drones for surveillance on individuals and private property would be increased under legislation that headed to the Senate on…
Continue ReadingRoughly a month after one of Idaho’s newest Fish and Game Commissioners had to step down because of his political affiliation, a panel of lawmakers…
Continue ReadingA Constitutional amendment to set the number of Idaho legislative districts at 35 and number of lawmakers at 105 moved a step closer Wednesday to…
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