Trial begins for former Idaho lawmaker accused of rape
The trial for a former Idaho lawmaker accused of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern began Monday with attorneys asking potential jurors about…
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.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court is allowing state lawmakers to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a law they passed earlier this…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s Republican attorney general candidates sparred over the validity of public health restrictions, the merits of lawsuits challenging federal…
Continue ReadingRepublican House Speaker Scott Bedke is being endorsed by the National Rifle Association for lieutenant governor ahead of the May 17 Idaho primary.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little is being endorsed by the National Rifle Association ahead of the Republican Primary.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little says he won’t participate in debates heading into next month’s Republican primary.…
Continue ReadingA planned debate among Republican candidates aiming to be Idaho’s next lieutenant governor has been canceled.…
Continue ReadingA lawsuit challenging Idaho’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports will likely move forward after both sides agreed the woman who sued…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Roman Catholic Church in Idaho to intervene in a lawsuit over a new state law banning nearly…
Continue ReadingBLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – Members of the Republican party of Idaho attended the annual Lincoln Day lunch Saturday. Among them were gubernatorial…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little has announced his March campaign fundraising total of more than $150,000.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate has failed to override Republican Gov. Brad Little’s veto of legislation making it illegal for most businesses to require the…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers have wrapped up this year’s legislative session that included passing the state’s largest ever income tax cut of $600 million and one…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation altering the way money is allocated to K-12 schools.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation involving the process for judicial appointments.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a $20 increase in the amount Idaho residents can recover on taxes paid on food through the grocery sales…
Continue ReadingGov. Brad Little has signed into law a property tax reduction for higher-valued houses to keep older, low-income Idaho residents in their homes.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation that would make it illegal for most businesses to require the coronavirus vaccine.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed another part of his “Leading Idaho” plan into law Monday in the Magic Valley, adding record investments in water…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House and Senate have each adjourned until Thursday, giving them time to wait out potential vetoes by Republican Gov. Brad Little.…
Continue ReadingThwarted in passing a bill to fine and jail librarians for checking out “harmful” material to minors, Idaho House Republicans have passed a…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill that dramatically increases the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s execution drugs.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed House Bill 588 Thursday, authorizing wildland firefighters to receive hazard pay while working in dangerous conditions.…
Continue ReadingA legal non-profit is talking about the possible ripple effects Idaho’s new abortion ban will…
Continue ReadingIdaho has become the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy by allowing lawsuits…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed House Bill 687 into law Monday at the Mountain Home Senior…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho House have approved legislation to boost reading skills among young students with optional full-day kindergarten.…
Continue ReadingLegislation that would give Idaho wildland firefighters hazard pay is headed to the governor’s desk.…
Continue ReadingThe $643 million budget for Idaho’s colleges and universities is headed to the governor.…
Continue ReadingThree of the 2022 gubernatorial candidates shared their plans for Idaho’s future Saturday…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate has passed a bill to dramatically increase the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s execution drugs.…
Continue ReadingOur older, low-income Idaho neighbors may be a little closer to affording their…
Continue ReadingLegislation preventing most private and public entities in Idaho from discriminating against people who haven’t received the coronavirus vaccine is…
Continue ReadingLegislation eliminating drop boxes and similar drop-off locations for absentee ballots in Idaho will not get a hearing in the Senate and is dead.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin outlined her plans for her first 100 days if elected governor, laying out a far-right agenda in her bid to…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has issued his first veto of the year, rejecting a measure having to do with incentive money intended for teachers but who…
Continue ReadingLegislation preventing most private and public entities in Idaho from discriminating against people who haven’t received the coronavirus vaccine…
Continue ReadingA proposal to increase by $20 the amount Idaho residents can recover on taxes paid on food through the grocery sales tax credit is headed to the full…
Continue ReadingThe House has approved the $643 million budget for Idaho’s colleges and…
Continue ReadingSeveral pieces of legislation aimed at preventing Idaho government entities from investing in companies that choose environmental-friendly paths or…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the House have rejected a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in central Idaho.…
Continue ReadingIt appears it’s going to take a dozen House Democrats if Idaho is to hang on to more than a billion dollars in federal coronavirus relief money.…
Continue ReadingLeaders in the Idaho Senate say a House-approved bill to prohibit gender reassignment surgeries and gender-affirming health care such as puberty…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has approved a resolution that characterizes The New York Times’ “1619 Project” as a divisive reeducation campaign about…
Continue ReadingThe House did pass a Senate bill to raise the smoking or vaping age from 18 to…
Continue ReadingThe House killed a Senate-passed bill on birth control with a vote of 24 to…
Continue ReadingA Senate committee chairman revived a bill that would dramatically increase the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s execution drugs, bringing the matter…
Continue ReadingLegislation banning abortions in Idaho after six weeks of pregnancy by allowing potential family members to sue a doctor who performs one is heading…
Continue ReadingThe May 17 primary race has been set for House seat 34B in Madison…
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives passed a bill that would make several changes to the states voting laws including voter ID requirements and what…
Continue ReadingLawmakers on a House panel have approved legislation to boost reading skills among young students with optional full-day kindergarten.…
Continue ReadingThe arrest concerned a child-welfare case involving a 10-month-old determined to be “suffering from severe malnourishment.”…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little submitted his Declaration of Candidacy Friday to the Idaho Secretary of State and announced his intent to run for re-election…
Continue ReadingRepublican leadership announced Friday a House bill that would make sweeping changes to Idaho’s property tax will not move forward this…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Senate have approved legislation to boost reading skills among young students with full-day kindergarten.…
Continue ReadingThe Legislature’s budget-setting committee has passed on a request by Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin for extra money to pay a private attorney…
Continue ReadingRepublican Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane has officially announced his candidacy for Idaho secretary of state and picked up the endorsements of former…
Continue ReadingLegislation preventing most private and public entities in Idaho from discriminating against people who haven’t received the coronavirus vaccine has…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker has introduced a bill that would lift the licensing requirements for professional hair braiders after three women filed a federal…
Continue ReadingA bill that would have increased the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s execution drug suppliers died in a Senate committee hearing Wednesday on a tie…
Continue ReadingThe top Republican in the Idaho Senate says a House-approved bill to fine librarians $1,000 and send them to jail for a year for checking out…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation prompted by the deaths of three Idaho Army National Guard pilots killed in a helicopter crash…
Continue ReadingA House panel of Idaho lawmakers has approved a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy by allowing extended family members of the…
Continue ReadingJefferson County residents did not approve a proposed 80 million dollar bond Tuesday that would have funded eight different projects for the…
Continue ReadingA number of school districts held school bonds and levy elections on Tuesday, March 8. Below is a synopsis of what was on the…
Continue ReadingResidents in Jefferson County, came out today to decide on whether or not they should approve a proposed 80 million dollar bond that would fund 8…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has voted to prohibit gender reassignment surgeries and gender-affirming health care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho governor and other statewide elected officials could get a pay increase in January following the November general election.…
Continue ReadingLegislation with the potential to fine Idaho librarians $1,000 and send them to jail for a year for checking out material to a minor that could harm…
Continue ReadingIn the Senate, a bill was passed with strong support for the legislative session to end no later than the last Friday in…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has overwhelmingly approved two pieces of legislation as part of a process to replace the education content standards for the state’s…
Continue ReadingLegislation eliminating drop boxes and similar drop-off locations for absentee ballots in Idaho has narrowly cleared the House and is headed to the…
Continue ReadingThe Legislature’s budget committee has approved spending $3.4 billion to teach Idaho’s 310,000 K-12 students, money that includes $1,000 bonuses for…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)- Three people are running as Republican candidates for Idaho Superintendent of Public Education. Incumbent Sherri Ybarra,…
Continue ReadingA House committee has introduced sweeping tax legislation raising Idaho’s sales tax to the highest in the nation as part of a plan to eliminate…
Continue ReadingA proposed voter law would require a valid Idaho driver’s license or state-issued identification card to vote in Idaho elections.…
Continue ReadingProposed legislation to adopt new Idaho content standards for math, science and English Language Arts and to replace certification standards for…
Continue ReadingThe Senate passed a bill that resemble a Texas-style anti-abortion law.…
Continue ReadingIn the House Wednesday, a committee advanced a bill by Republican Representative Priscilla Giddings of White…
Continue ReadingOn a narrow vote Tuesday, the Idaho Senate passed a bill to raise the smoking age in the state to…
Continue ReadingThe Senate Transportation Committee voted against introducing a bill sponsored by Senator Jim Patrick, a Republican from Twin…
Continue ReadingThe Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the supplemental appropriation item that would help fund the creation of an East…
Continue ReadingIdaho Lawmakers are considering legislation seeking to dump investments in Russia following that nation’s invasion of Ukraine.…
Continue ReadingLegislation allowing the Powerball lottery and its huge jackpots to continue in Idaho is headed to the full Senate.…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Controller Brandon Woolf announced his run for…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed Senate Bill 1255 into law Tuesday, putting $50 million toward the new “Empowering Parents” grants.…
Continue ReadingA House panel has rejected legislation backers say would improve Idaho education through competition but that opponents say would harm education by…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Elections Office is unveiling the new legislative map that re-draws boundaries based on the most recent census…
Continue ReadingIdaho Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin and Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene were among the speakers at a white nationalist…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the House have approved exempting some government cybersecurity records from public disclosure in a measure backers say is needed to…
Continue ReadingBackers say a plan to create education savings accounts will help students in kindergarten through 12th grade, but opponents say it’s just another…
Continue ReadingAt the Idaho Statehouse Thursday, the Senate passed a bill to lower the age for someone to be able to sale and serve…
Continue ReadingThe House Education Committee advanced a bill to require mandatory drug testing for substitute teachers…
Continue ReadingThe House has approved legislation that would bar Idaho officials from releasing where they obtain the drugs used in lethal injection executions.…
Continue ReadingIf you aren’t sure whether you will be voting Republican or Democrat in the upcoming Primary Election, you may have to make your decision sooner…
Continue ReadingLegislation to enhance protections for gun-makers, sellers and weapons carriers during declared emergencies in Idaho is headed to the governor.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate has approved a resolution that characterizes The New York Times’ “1619 Project” as a divisive reeducation campaign about…
Continue ReadingA bill to require health insurance companies to cover the cost of general birth control has passed the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House resoundingly passed a bill that would repeal the state’s primary law banning private militias on Wednesday.…
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