Bill to criminalize help for Idaho minors’ abortions passes
A bill that seeks to criminalize helping minors get an abortion without parental consent has won final passage in Idaho’s legislature and is bound…
Continue ReadingA bill that seeks to criminalize helping minors get an abortion without parental consent has won final passage in Idaho’s legislature and is bound…
Continue ReadingProperty tax relief is on the way for Idaho homeowners after the legislature overrode a veto from Governor Brad…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate voted Wednesday to override Governor Brad Little’s veto of House Bill…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers are considering making it illegal for an adult to help a minor procure an abortion without parental…
Continue ReadingLate Tuesday afternoon, the Idaho House voted to override Governor Brad Little’s veto of House Bill…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little vetoed House Bill 292…
Continue ReadingA bill that would have provided free menstrual products in girls bathrooms in Idaho public schools failed in the state House, with at least one…
Continue ReadingIdaho has a new law restricting transgender students’ choices in school…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House and Senate have passed a bill that will allow Idaho’s judges to shield their home addresses and telephone numbers from public…
Continue ReadingThe State of Idaho is taking action to ensure the accuracy and integrity of its voter rolls.…
Continue ReadingProperty tax relief and a change in Idaho elections are in a bill headed to the governor’s…
Continue ReadingA bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the Legislature with a…
Continue ReadingIt is not often that lawmakers will find something they can all agree…
Continue ReadingJefferson County School District 251 Superintendent Chad Martin has released a statement after a portion of its bond failed…
Continue ReadingFirst Amendment experts say attacks on free speech rights are escalating across the United States.…
Continue ReadingThis legislation would update federal law to account for various residency-related issues facing full-time Recreational Vehicle (RV) travelers,…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, March 14, many of our local school districts are asking patrons to vote on school bonds and levies.…
Continue ReadingThere is a polling location change in Power…
Continue ReadingSchool bond and levy elections will be held in 40 out of 44 Idaho counties on Election Day Tuesday, March 14, 2023.…
Continue ReadingIt is back to the drawing board for funding Idaho’s State Charter School…
Continue ReadingThe bill would secure the southern border by resuming construction of the border wall, strengthening management and enforcement capacities and…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday in Boise, the Idaho Senate passed a bill to prohibit the re-sale of new liquor licenses that become…
Continue ReadingGovernor Little ordered the lowering of U.S. and State of Idaho flags to half-staff to honor Governor Batt.…
Continue ReadingGroups across the state are wanting to send a message to Idaho Legislature on how they feel about removing the Child Care Stabilization…
Continue ReadingPublic events have been set to honor the life and public service of Governor Phil Batt, who passed away March 4 on his…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will soon expand online license renewals, thanks to the passage of House Bill 9.…
Continue ReadingPocatello’s mayor responds to silent protesters with signs at Thursday night’s city council…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has passed a bill to give the University of Idaho an extra $1…
Continue ReadingIn Boise, the House State Affairs Committee has advanced a bill to ban sexual exhibitions including drag shows from public…
Continue ReadingIdaho Lawmakers on Monday voted to approve a budget without the child care stabilization…
Continue ReadingIdaho has joined a Texas lawsuit against the Biden administration’s waterway protections, claiming the rules are too vague and violate state…
Continue ReadingJefferson School District 251 voters will help decide the future of the district.…
Continue ReadingIn addition to the work that is being done within our cities to fight the threat, the StateLegislature is also considering a bill requiring minimum…
Continue ReadingIdaho House Bill 133 is proposing to allow parents or guardians the ability to provide driver training for their children rather than taking a…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little will visit with high school students in Kuna, Twin Falls, and Rigby Thursday to reinforce the benefits of the proposed Launch…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has passed a bill that would send healthcare providers to prison if they offer gender-affirming care to transgender…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, March 14, 2023, local voters will be asked to consider the renewal of the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Supplemental…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Legislature began work on the Greater Idaho Bill in committee on…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in Idaho have introduced a bill that would eliminate the state’s only bipartisan legislative committee and place an independent auditing…
Continue ReadingAttorney General Raul Labrador is filing a lawsuit against the Biden…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ask voters to change the state’s constitution to make it harder to get initiatives on the…
Continue ReadingThe Fremont School District school board recently voted on proposing a new school bond to the county voters.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper delivers 2023 Idaho Falls State of the City Address on…
Continue ReadingGov. Brad Little is coming to Idaho Falls to address his 2023 Legislative…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho House State Affairs Committee introduced a bill Wednesday that would withhold sales and use tax revenue from from any…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced two changes to his…
Continue ReadingOregon senators just heard details of a bill inviting Idaho to discuss relocating the Idaho/Oregon state…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little will give his 2023 State of the State Address in the Idaho House Chambers at 1 p.m.…
Continue ReadingEducation funding, property tax relief and a tug of war over how to best to use Idaho’s whopping budget surplus will be a focus for lawmakers as…
Continue ReadingAhead of the tax filing season, the Idaho State Tax Commission is giving advice on how to watch out for tax fraud.…
Continue ReadingIdaho remote court proceedings under the COVID-19 emergency order will continue until…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little was publicly sworn in for his second term as Idaho’s 33rd Governor Friday and delivered his Second Inaugural…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little invites Idahoans to participate in Inaugural events and to watch his upcoming State of the State…
Continue ReadingMayor Sean Coletti has appointed Heidi Boyle to fill the city council seat left vacant when Josh Wheeler resigned to serve in the Idaho State…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court has ruled the state Constitution does not implicitly enshrine abortion as a fundamental right.…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Adult Probation and Pretrial Department is unveiling a new pretrial risk assessment in an effort to safely reduce the number of…
Continue ReadingAn audit of more than 19,000 ballots cast in Idaho’s general election has identified only six…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2002, Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced the completion of the 2022 General Post-Election…
Continue ReadingIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson and Senator Jim Risch this week led their colleagues in a bicameral letter to Senate and House leadership urging the…
Continue ReadingIdaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney, along with the other members of Idaho’s State Board of Canvassers, Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf,…
Continue ReadingA terminally ill man scheduled to be executed in mid-December for his role in the 1985 slayings of two gold prospectors in Idaho is asking a federal…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers are planning to bring forward potential new laws in the upcoming legislative session intended to limit state investments or contracts…
Continue ReadingIdaho will add a new position of solicitor general to challenge federal government actions and policies when Republican Raul Labrador becomes the…
Continue ReadingWhat initially appeared to be a Democratic win in the Idaho House has turned into a Republican victory after a glitch in reporting early voting was…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republicans maintained their hold in the deeply conservative state on Tuesday by retaining all statewide offices, a U.S. Senate seat, both…
Continue ReadingAfter Tuesday’s election results, District 91’s $250 billion dollar bond did not…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little won a second term on…
Continue ReadingIncumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher retained his seat in Congress in Tuesday’s election in deeply conservative…
Continue ReadingIncumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson was reelected Tuesday in deeply conservative…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republican Senator Mike Crapo on Tuesday won a fifth term in the deeply conservative state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since…
Continue ReadingThe new Bonneville County Elections Office will be counting votes after the polls close at 8…
Continue ReadingAn important ballot topic was the amendment to give Idaho’s legislature the power to call itself into a special…
Continue ReadingVoters saw an advisory question on the…
Continue ReadingTwo highly-anticipated races are Idaho governor and lieutenant…
Continue ReadingIn another over-throwing of an incumbent in the Republican primary, candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield…
Continue ReadingAfter Raúl Labrador knocked off long-time incumbent Attorney General Lawrence Wasden in May’s Republican primary, it started off as a close…
Continue ReadingThere is a lot on the ballot Tuesday from who will represent us in congress, to state lawmakers and officials, to school bonds and…
Continue ReadingMidterm elections took place Tuesday as polls opened at 8am Tuesday Morning. Voters in Madison County came out in a steady pace all day to cast their…
Continue ReadingWhether a Democrat, Republican or affiliated with another party, people across the country are turning out to…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republican Gov. Brad Little’s reelection campaign strategy involves ignoring his gubernatorial opponents while attacking Democratic President…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republican Senator Mike Crapo is seeking a fifth term in the deeply conservative state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since…
Continue ReadingIncumbent Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher are seeking reelection in Tuesday’s election in deeply conservative…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Elections Office is gearing up for a busy day on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingElection officials in Caribou County had to make an emergency change to the polling location for Soda…
Continue ReadingIn the lead-up to Election Day, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney, U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Josh…
Continue ReadingIdaho is one of 14 states where only the governor can call a special…
Continue ReadingA high-profile Idaho attorney who has defended in state and federal courts some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation is among the…
Continue ReadingCounties in the area are experiencing a fairly steady year as they see early in-person and absentee ballots roll…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Secretary of State will be selecting counties and precincts for the 2022 General Post-Election Audit on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7:00…
Continue ReadingState Representative Dustin Manwaring’s billboard supporting is reelection bid was vandalized over the weekend.…
Continue ReadingA free community event is slated at Idaho State University for the week prior to America’s midterm…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court says it will not reconsider the clemency case of a terminally ill man who is facing execution for his role in the 1985…
Continue ReadingIdaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney launched a new web portal Friday, providing Idahoans with a means to report election based…
Continue ReadingSecretary Denney has again authorized the formation of an Elections Operations Center…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up from 2.7% in August to 2.8% in September – the eighth consecutive month the state rate has…
Continue ReadingA legal loophole in Idaho that allows parents of teens to nullify child custody agreements by arranging child marriages will remain in effect,…
Continue ReadingMidterm elections are approaching, and many people choose to place political signs in their yards to voice their support for a…
Continue ReadingThe League of Women Voters in Pocatello are encouraging local voters to go to www.VOTE411.org, an online election information…
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