Attorney defending Idaho’s abortion laws quits AG’s office
A 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 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…
Continue ReadingIdaho revenue from tax collections was $50 million below expectations for the first three months of the current fiscal year, but the state still has…
Continue ReadingFriday is the last day to pre-register for the upcoming November…
Continue ReadingNearly 50 longtime Idaho Republicans including a former governor and dozens of other past and current officeholders on Tuesday endorsed the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments in lawsuits over three of Idaho’s abortion laws on Thursday and could hand down a ruling later this…
Continue ReadingA University of Idaho memo warning staffers not to refer students to abortion or birth control providers has placed the school at the center of a…
Continue ReadingIdaho universities are warning staffers not to refer students to abortion providers or emergency…
Continue ReadingAttorneys for the state of Idaho say a federal judge misinterpreted the law when he blocked part of a strict new abortion ban, and they say another…
Continue ReadingThe League of Women Voters of Pocatello is at Idaho State University today allowing students to “Register to vote and be…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a law allowing grandparents to seek visitation rights after finding that it unconstitutionally violates the…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville County Elections Building has relocated in Idaho Falls to meet the current and future needs of the…
Continue ReadingDemocratic party members and candidates throughout the state were in Pocatello yesterday planning election strategy and knocking on doors to talk to…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Legislature has asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision blocking the state from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little late Thursday signed a massive tax cut and education spending bill made possible by the state’s projected $2 billion budget…
Continue ReadingA county prosecutor has recommended against charging the Boise Police chief with a crime after he was accused of seriously injuring a high-ranking…
Continue ReadingIdaho Governor Brad Little announced his selection of Retired Pocatello Police Chief Scott Marchand to be appointed to fill Pocatello City Council…
Continue ReadingA massive tax cut and education spending bill made possible by the state’s $2 billion budget surplus made a speedy trip through the Idaho…
Continue ReadingMadison County voters elected to pass the renewal of the Madison school District levy of nearly $2 million Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers are scheduled to meet Thursday at the Statehouse to consider using the state’s projected $2 billion budget surplus for a $500…
Continue ReadingMadison County voters are renewing a school…
Continue ReadingVoters in Fremont County get to vote again on the District 3 Commissioner’s race from…
Continue ReadingPortion’s of Idaho’s abortion trigger law took effect on Thursday.
The ban will make performing an abortion in any “clinically diagnosable…
A federal judge has barred Idaho from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical emergencies, clearing the way for hospitals to continue treating…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday called a special session of the Legislature beginning Sept. 1 to use the state’s projected $2 billion budget…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court says the governor has the authority to reject a parole board’s commutation recommendation for death row inmate Gerald Ross…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s near-total abortion ban appears to have a serious conflict with a federal law governing emergency health care treatment, a federal judge said…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday confirmed he’s considering calling a special session of the Legislature, saying rumors of the effort are…
Continue ReadingA federal judge says the Idaho Legislature can intervene in the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit targeting Idaho’s total abortion ban, but only…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s strict abortion bans will be allowed to take effect while legal challenges over the laws play out in court, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled on…
Continue ReadingBoise attorney Tom Arkoosh announced Tuesday that he’s running for Idaho attorney general as the Democratic…
Continue ReadingA former state legislator from Idaho Falls has also passed away this…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho State lawmaker has passed…
Continue ReadingIdaho Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane is leaving to become the executive director of the National Association of Attorneys…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Republican Party will consider 31 resolutions at its three-day convention starting Wednesday, including one already adopted by Texas…
Continue ReadingU.S. Senator and Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Government…
Continue ReadingLame-duck Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has given a big pay boost to an administrative assistant who is also a top Idaho Republican Party…
Continue ReadingThe White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a draft report Tuesday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
Continue ReadingIn Arizona, Republicans are fighting among themselves over whether a 121-year-old anti-abortion law from the pre-statehood Wild West days, when…
Continue ReadingA regional Planned Parenthood organization is suing Idaho over its “trigger law” abortion ban, contending the ban violates Idaho residents’…
Continue ReadingThe overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday triggers a 2020 Idaho law banning all abortions except in cases of reported rape…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little commented Friday on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
Continue ReadingAs gas prices rise along with the cost of pretty much everything else, two Democratic Idaho state lawmakers are asking Governor Brad Little to call…
Continue ReadingWhat may have been the closest election in Bannock County history will not be…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit over the state’s newest anti-abortion law in August — but probably after the U.S. Supreme…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Elections Office conducted an official recount for the Bannock County Assessor’s Republican Primary race…
Continue ReadingA review of about 20,000 ballots in a post-election audit of randomly selected precincts in eight randomly selected counties found only six…
Continue ReadingJust under a third of Idaho’s registered voters cast ballots in the May 17 primary election, nearly matching the percentage that voted in the 2018…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Elections Office is preparing to conduct an official recount for the Bannock County Assessor’s Republican Primary race…
Continue ReadingFormer U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador has won Idaho’s GOP attorney general primary, beating the longtime incumbent who had been criticized by the far…
Continue ReadingIn Idaho House seat 35B, Ammon Representative Chad Christensen was up against Ammon City Councilman Josh…
Continue ReadingIt was a rematch between two candidates to represent Madison County in the Idaho House Representative 34B…
Continue ReadingThree candidates fought for Secretary of State: Stanley Legislator Dorothy Moon, Couer d’Alene Senator Mary Souza and Ada County Clerk Phil…
Continue ReadingHere is an example of why your vote…
Continue ReadingPowerful House Speaker Scott Bedke has won the GOP primary for lieutenant…
Continue ReadingSuperintendent Sherri Ybarra will not remain in office for a third…
Continue ReadingDavid Roth has won Idaho’s Democratic primary for U.S.…
Continue ReadingMike Simpson won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has survived a Republican primary challenge from his lieutenant governor, who was endorsed by former President Donald…
Continue ReadingRepublican incumbent Mike Crapo has won the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in…
Continue ReadingPolling stations across eastern Idaho are still moving…
Continue ReadingVoters came in a steady drove during the open polling places throughout Rexburg to make their voices heard during Tuesday’s primary elections. Many…
Continue ReadingRepublican Gov. Brad Little is fighting back a primary challenge on Tuesday from his lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin, a Donald Trump-backed…
Continue ReadingThe primary election is Tuesday, May 17. It could actually decide who will be in office next…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN It’s Election Day in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon as primary voters pick…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s five-term Republican attorney general has handled his duties in the deeply conservative state for 20 years with a strategy he describes as…
Continue ReadingVoters in Fremont County will be faced with a different question on their ballot as they enter the polls Tuesday May 16. That question is regarding…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump’s winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states cast their ballots…
Continue ReadingVoters in Ririe will have a chance to vote on two school bonds on May…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Republican Party and Chairman Tom Luna have filed a lawsuit to stop the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee from continuing what…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge late on Friday banned the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee and its…
Continue ReadingWe are just days away from the primary elections in…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho hospital that went on lockdown in March after far-right activists protested outside is suing Ammon Bundy, Diego Rodriguez and their various…
Continue ReadingSome counties are experiencing low turn out for early voting so…
Continue ReadingFewer than 10,000 of Idaho’s roughly 1 million registered voters switched their affiliation to Republican ahead of next week’s primary election,…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little is promising more tax cuts after state budget officials on Tuesday reported April tax revenue came in nearly double what had…
Continue ReadingContamos Idaho launched a bilingual website to provide Latinx voters with information on the electoral process to ensure full participation in the…
Continue ReadingVoters have the chance to hear from all of the statewide GOP candidates in an online forum Tuesday, May…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republican Lt. Gov. and gubernatorial candidate Janice McGeachin on Monday demanded that Republican Gov. Brad Little call a special…
Continue Readingv. Janice McGeachin, who is running for governor, has a $2,000 budget deficit in her office that will have to come out of next year’s…
Continue ReadingRepublican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s association with what a group of retired Idaho county sheriffs and police officers said are extreme,…
Continue ReadingIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson released the following statement after the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was…
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN Abortion clinics in states likely to maintain access to the procedure are preparing for a potential influx of out-of-state…
Continue ReadingMay is a big political…
Continue ReadingWhen a legislative intern came forward with rape allegations against an Idaho state lawmaker last year, she was subjected to months of online…
Continue ReadingA former Idaho lawmaker was convicted Friday of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern after a dramatic trial in which the young woman fled the…
Continue ReadingJurors have begun deliberating in the rape trial of a former Idaho lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a legislative intern last…
Continue ReadingA former Idaho state lawmaker accused of raping a Statehouse intern last last year took the stand Thursday to testify in his…
Continue ReadingThe trial for a former Idaho lawmaker accused of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern began Monday with attorneys asking potential jurors about…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little is endorsing Scott Bedke to become Idaho’s next Lieutenant Governor.…
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