A quick look at what’s on the ballot this election day
It’s election day for taxing districts across the state. Only a handful of issues are on the ballot.…
Continue ReadingIt’s election day for taxing districts across the state. Only a handful of issues are on the ballot.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has appointed Lori McCann of Lewiston to the Legislature to fill a seat left empty after the previous lawmaker resigned amid a…
Continue ReadingWashington state’s top Democrats have come out against a proposal from U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, to remove four hydroelectric dams on the…
Continue ReadingRepublican and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday offered differing views on the outcomes of Idaho’s longest ever legislative session after lawmakers…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little says the state House’s decision to recess rather than officially adjourn like the Senate did will create major dysfunction in…
Continue ReadingThe longest ever Idaho legislative session has been filled with unusual events and ended in uncharted ground shortly before midnight…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed a property tax relief bill that opponents say is deeply flawed but backers say is better than…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed four watered-down versions of previous bills that he vetoed on limiting a governor’s powers during declared…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed legislation aimed at thwarting a half-dozen executive actions by President Joe Biden to combat gun…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed House Bill 362 into law Monday, his sustainable transportation funding solution that directs $80 million in ongoing…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a measure that could lead to killing 90% of the state’s 1,500 wolves in a move that was backed by hunters…
Continue ReadingLawmakers will not be addressing bills concerning guns in school this…
Continue ReadingAs Republicans in Washington turn up the heat on Rep. Liz Cheney, the defiant third-term congresswoman faces mixed reviews at…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers are in a waiting game to see whether Republican Gov. Brad Little vetoes any of the more than 30 bills that remained unsigned when the…
Continue ReadingNew York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is stating her case for replacing Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 House Republican leader.…
Continue ReadingSome Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic…
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Wednesday approved three pieces of legislation intended to curb the authority of an Idaho governor during declared emergencies and sent…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho property tax relief bill described as not enough by opponents and as at least something by backers passed the Senate on Wednesday and is…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel on Wednesday approved legislation to prohibit commercial advertising for marijuana in Idaho that could potentially be used to stymie…
Continue ReadingSenate lawmakers unable to overcome two vetoes by Republican Gov. Brad Little of legislation to curb his authority during emergencies such as the…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers concerned they could be left out again in spending what could be another billion dollars in federal coronavirus rescue money…
Continue ReadingA conservation group is asking the U.S. government to cut off millions of dollars to Idaho that is used to improve wildlife habitat and outdoor…
Continue ReadingThree pieces of legislation intended to curb the authority of an Idaho governor during declared emergencies passed the House on…
Continue ReadingThe Republican-dominated Senate on Tuesday for the second time failed to override GOP Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a measure seeking to curb a…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little recently signed Senate Bill 1199 into…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s trailblazing and controversial ban on transgender women in collegiate sports was heard in District Court…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Senate panel on Monday rejected legislation intended to give Idaho lawmakers veto power over decisions by the federal government and courts,…
Continue ReadingDozens of child care centers are urging legislators to allow federal funding for their…
Continue ReadingThe moment a 19-year-old intern reported that she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker became public, the harassment…
Continue ReadingA legislative ethics committee on Thursday voted to censure and suspend Idaho Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger in connection with allegations that he raped a…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from “indoctrinating” students through teaching…
Continue ReadingNearly 30 retired state, federal and tribal wildlife managers sent a letter Wednesday to Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little asking him to veto a bill…
Continue ReadingAs some public school districts move toward embracing critical race theory in their curriculums, others — like in Idaho — are doing the…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker facing rape allegations from a 19-year-old intern refused to answer some questions during a legislative ethics hearing Wednesday…
Continue ReadingPocatello Mayor Brian Blad is speaking out against Senate Bill 1111, calling it “a bad idea altogether,” that would make city governments a…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho legislative ethics committee will force a 19-year-old intern who says she was raped by a lawmaker to publicly testify about the encounter on…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed the Fetal Heartbeat Bill into law Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate on Monday approved legislation aimed at preventing public schools, charter schools and universities from “indoctrinating” students…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker facing rape allegations from a 19-year-old intern was previously warned against hitting on women who work at the Statehouse after…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho House panel has approved legislation intended to head off a half-dozen executive orders from President Joe Biden to combat what he called an…
Continue ReadingLawmakers on a House panel introduced legislation Friday to allow the Idaho Legislature to go into recess without fully shutting down so that it can…
Continue ReadingLegislation that could lead to killing up to 90% of the wolves in Idaho continued its speedy trip through the Statehouse on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House on Thursday approved proposed legislation preventing schools and universities from compelling students to adopt belief systems…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has passed a new bill to cut state income…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate on Wednesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors to kill up to 90% of the wolves roaming…
Continue ReadingLegislation outlawing nearly all abortions in conservative Idaho by banning them once a fetal heartbeat can be detected headed to Republican Gov.…
Continue ReadingThe Republican-dominated House on Wednesday voted to override GOP Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a measure seeking to curb a governor’s power to respond…
Continue ReadingA Republican-dominated state Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors to kill about 90% of the…
Continue ReadingIn the Idaho senate Tuesday, lawmakers passed a firearm, firearm accessories and components protection…
Continue ReadingWhen rape allegations surfaced against a Republican state lawmaker in deep-red Idaho, some rushed to support him – in part by publicly releasing the…
Continue ReadingVoters will get the chance to decide whether lawmakers in the part-time Idaho Legislature will be able to call special sessions, a power currently…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel on Tuesday advanced a measure that would outlaw nearly all abortions in conservative Idaho by banning them once a fetal heartbeat can…
Continue ReadingMultiple education budgets have failed in the House because of concerns over what students are being taught in the…
Continue ReadingThe Republican-dominated Senate on Monday failed to override GOP Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a measure seeking to curb a governor’s power to respond…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill legalizing the production and transportation of hemp with up to 0.3% of THC, the cannabis compound…
Continue ReadingThe public outcry against Governor Brad Little’s decision to sign senate bill 11-10 is continuing to grow. The controversial bill was signed into law…
Continue ReadingThe Republican governor announced the decision Saturday to sign into law the measure backers say is needed because the current process favors urban…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced Friday he will veto House Bill 135 and Senate Bill 1136, the “emergency powers…
Continue ReadingA legislative ethics committee is investigating a rape complaint made against an Idaho state…
Continue ReadingThe House on Thursday approved Senate changes to a bill trimming an Idaho governor’s powers during declared emergencies while increasing the…
Continue ReadingA proposed constitutional amendment that would have prevented the legalization of marijuana and other drugs without the approval of two-thirds of the…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho House panel has approved a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Legislature to call itself into session.…
Continue ReadingIn response to President Biden’s recent executive actions on guns, a new bill was introduced in the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee Wednesday…
Continue ReadingThe House on Wednesday approved legislation prohibiting mask mandates by government entities in Idaho, voting 47-22 with no Democratic support to…
Continue ReadingThe House on Tuesday rejected legislation to pay $1.1 billion to Idaho’s K-12 teachers amid concerns about what is being taught in…
Continue ReadingTwo bills that cleared the Idaho House with overwhelming Republican support to significantly defund Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s…
Continue ReadingA House panel on Tuesday approved Senate changes to a bill trimming a governor’s powers during declared emergencies while increasing the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate on Monday passed legislation accepting a $6 million federal grant to improve early childhood education from birth through age…
Continue ReadingLawmakers amended a bill that would ban the state, public health departments and even school districts from requiring masks to add a penalty on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate voted in favor of two bills that would restrict the governor’s power during an…
Continue ReadingAnti-government activist Ammon Bundy was arrested again Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of trespassing at the Idaho…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has approved a new version of a transportation bonding…
Continue ReadingThe governor’s veto of a bill that would have made changes to how the Idaho Tax Commission is run will…
Continue ReadingThe Senate Education Committee killed Idaho Falls Representative Barbara Ehardt’s Sex Education Bill that had already passed the…
Continue ReadingA bill to legalize industrial hemp in Idaho is on its way to Governor Brad Little’s…
Continue ReadingLegislation making it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on ballots is heading to the governor, who has hinted of a possible veto.…
Continue ReadingA panel of Idaho lawmakers advanced two bills targeting abortion…
Continue ReadingThe House on Wednesday voted to override Republican Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a bill involving the responsibilities of the chairman of the Idaho…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho House committee on Tuesday introduced legislation that would more than double what it costs to register electric…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate passed a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state by banning them once fetal cardiac activity can be…
Continue ReadingThe House on Tuesday rejected legislation banning anyone under 21 from buying cigarettes or electronic smoking products in Idaho has failed in the…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho House panel on Tuesday approved legislation intended to give lawmakers veto power over federal government actions and federal court…
Continue ReadingA huge income tax cut and rebate, legislation to limit the governor’s authority during emergencies, and a proposed constitutional amendment allowing…
Continue ReadingState Representatives Paul Amador and Laurie Lickley are hosting an informational press conference Monday to discuss a federally awarded $6 million…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers have introduced a bill that would fully fund all-day kindergarten programs in the…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Paul Amador of Coeur d’Alene plans to leave the Idaho House to run for a northern Idaho state Senate seat that’s being…
Continue ReadingA four-term northern Idaho Republican senator says she will run to become Idaho’s secretary of…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has issued his first veto of the 2021 legislative session, refusing to sign a bill involving the responsibilities of the…
Continue ReadingLegislation extending the tax filing deadline from April 15 to May 17 for Idaho residents will be among lawmakers’ top priorities for when they…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed Senate Bill 1121 into law last…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House of Representatives votes to recess until April 6 after 5 members recently tested positive for…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s filing deadline for 2020 income taxes remains April 15.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Republicans have scheduled a press conference for 11 a.m.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House on Wednesday approved a massive income tax cut backers say provides much-needed relief for taxpayers but opponents say is a massive…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state by banning them once fetal cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound has been…
Continue ReadingThe top member in the Idaho House says he’s concerned the Legislature might have to shut down if House members continue getting sick with COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingA House panel has approved legislation trimming an Idaho governor’s powers during declared emergencies while increasing the Legislature’s power.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed House Bill 225 into law…
Continue ReadingA bill to create a Business Bill of Rights is moving forward after passing the Idaho…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed House Bill 204 into law…
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