Idaho tax conformity bill hits same-sex marriage objections
A typically low-profile tax conformity bill to annually align Idaho with tax policy changes in federal law became the target of some Republican…
Continue ReadingA typically low-profile tax conformity bill to annually align Idaho with tax policy changes in federal law became the target of some Republican…
Continue ReadingLegislation to enhance protections for gun makers, sellers and weapons carriers during declared emergencies in Idaho has been proposed.…
Continue ReadingA proposal intended to expand a property tax reduction to higher-valued homes to keep older, low-income Idaho residents in their homes is headed to…
Continue ReadingLegislation containing Idaho’s largest-ever tax cut is heading to the governor for his signature.…
Continue ReadingA proposal to raise a homeowner’s property tax reduction option that backers say will keep older, low-income Idaho residents in their homes is headed…
Continue ReadingA proposal would increase by $20 the amount of money Idaho residents can recover on taxes paid on food through a grocery sales tax credit.…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel has rejected a proposed law modeled after a Texas law that would have outlawed nearly all abortions in Idaho by banning them once a…
Continue ReadingLegislation to put teachers on state health insurance has cleared a Senate panel and is headed to the full Senate.…
Continue ReadingLegislation is heading to the Senate to extend a legal shield to Idaho businesses, schools and government entities from lawsuits if someone catches…
Continue ReadingLegislation containing Idaho’s largest-ever tax cut is continuing its apparent unstoppable trip through the Legislature.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the state’s new map redrawing Idaho’s 35 legislative districts, finding that four separate lawsuits against…
Continue ReadingA House panel has introduced legislation that would bar licensed therapists and counselors from offering so-called conversion therapy to minors.…
Continue ReadingThe full Idaho House on Wednesday adopted an anti-abortion resolution encouraging people to fly flags at half-staff one day a year in recognition of…
Continue ReadingThe aptitude of a couple local students has caught the attention of a U.S.…
Continue ReadingLegislation to set an end date for Idaho legislative sessions following last year’s record-long session has been introduced.…
Continue Readingegislation is heading to the House to extend a legal shield to Idaho businesses, schools and government entities from lawsuits if someone catches…
Continue ReadingLegislation prompted by the deaths of three Idaho Army National Guard pilots killed in a helicopter crash during a training exercise last year has…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether the state’s redistricting commission met deadlines and properly split the state into two…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker who was censured after publicizing the name of a 19-year-old intern who reported being raped is being sued under the state’s…
Continue ReadingA bill that would allow Idaho residents with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders to use a pain-relief spray derived from marijuana…
Continue ReadingAmmon Mayor Sean Colleti has appointed a new council…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s largest-ever tax cut has cleared the House and is headed to the Senate.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin asked legislative budget writers Wednesday for $29,000 to cover legal fees incurred after she lost a public records…
Continue ReadingA panel of lawmakers has signed off on Idaho’s largest-ever tax relief package.…
Continue ReadingA panel of Idaho lawmakers has introduced a resolution that would have flags flown at half staff one day a year in recognition of abortions that have…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little is getting ready for the 2022 legislative session, and among the things he’s focusing on is combating drug overdoses and…
Continue ReadingRepresentative Mike Simpson is slamming the Voting Rights Bill being pushed by President Biden and Democrats at our nation’s…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s 300,000 unaffiliated voters might have to act fast if they want to participate in the closed Republican primary on May 17.…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has introduced legislation to reject math, science and English standards used to make sure Idaho’s…
Continue ReadingSenator Mike Crapo of Idaho has joined other Republicans in speaking out against efforts to eliminate the filibuster to get voting rights legislation…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Idaho Democratic Party (IDP) Chair Fred Cornforth issued the following statement…
Continue ReadingLegislation to cut Idaho’s income tax and provide one-time rebates was introduced Wednesday in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Little will deliver his 2022 State of the State and Budget Address in the House Chambers Monday at 1…
Continue ReadingWith the state sitting on a pile of cash, Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little is talking tax cuts but also financial prudence.…
Continue ReadingLawmakers on an economic forecasting committee working on recommendations the entire Legislature can use to set the state’s budget struggled…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Legislature will be starting the 2022 session in Boise on Monday.…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – The three-day reconvening of the Idaho Legislature back in November cost Idaho taxpayers more than $46,000, according to public…
Continue ReadingIdaho Senator Mike Crapo has announced his formal bid for re-election during the 2022 midterm election…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Two new tools released by the Idaho Secretary of State’s office will help users find campaign finance information and past…
Continue ReadingFollowing about six months of campaigning, current Idaho Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck has decided he will no longer pursue the…
Continue ReadingPolitical hostility to public education in the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature is causing some businesses to doubt the wisdom of moving to or…
Continue ReadingFar-right activist Ammon Bundy says time he has spent campaigning to be Idaho’s next governor should count toward his order to perform community…
Continue ReadingState Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Debbie Critchfield announced her total fundraising efforts have reached $150,000.…
Continue ReadingVoters in two local communities went to the polls Tuesday for run-off elections to decide who would be…
Continue ReadingPocatello Mayor Brian Blad will keep his seat at city hall after a runoff election…
Continue ReadingIt was a nail-biter for current Blackfoot Mayor Marc Carrol as results were coming in on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingElection result for the Blackfoot and Pocatello Mayor Runoff races.…
Continue ReadingThe Bannock County Election Office was busy Monday getting ready for Tuesday’s mayoral…
Continue ReadingTwo lawsuits filed against Idaho’s redistricting commission over a new map redrawing the state’s 35 legislative districts have been consolidated into…
Continue ReadingRepublican Lawrence Wasden announced Monday his candidacy for a sixth term as Idaho’s attorney…
Continue ReadingFormer Idaho Republican lawmaker Luke Malek has dropped out of the race for lieutenant governor and endorsed Republican Speaker of the House Scott…
Continue ReadingFormer Republican U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador will challenge incumbent Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden to be the state’s chief legal…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Legislature wrapped up the extended 2021 session after a Senate committee killed three bills having to do with COVID-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Legislature appeared ready to wrap up the extended 2021 session after a Senate committee killed three bills having to do with COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBannock County is inviting the public to watch the re-certification of its ballot counting machines with the Pocatello Mayoral runoff election…
Continue ReadingProposed legislation making it easier for Idaho employees to get worker compensation if they become ill after taking an employee-mandated vaccine has…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker who publicized the name of an intern who reported she was raped by another legislator has been stripped of a committee assignment.…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers in a first-ever move in state history called themselves back into session to reconvene the Legislature after more than five months…
Continue ReadingA Republican representative known for carrying a sidearm is warning the head of the state’s top business lobby not to show up at the Statehouse as…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Legislature is reconvening on Monday after their longest session in the state’s history earlier this…
Continue ReadingU.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) celebrated the Senate’s passage of the Sergeant First Class Sean Cooley and…
Continue ReadingCOEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A former northern Idaho school board member says a poll worker illegally handed out critical race theory…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin over incumbent Republican Gov. Brad Little in the 2022 race for…
Continue ReadingFormer State Representative Britt Raybould is making a run to get back to the Statehouse in…
Continue ReadingA northern Idaho mayor is running for governor. Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad announced Monday in Lewiston that he’s running as a Democrat aiming…
Continue ReadingWyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said at a New Hampshire event on Tuesday that the United States is “confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced…
Continue ReadingA first-term Republican representative says he’ll run for a seat in the Senate following redistricting that left him as the only elected official…
Continue ReadingDue to the unprecedented way lawmakers are reconvening at the Statehouse next week, any laws they pass could end up in court and be declared null.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch this week sent a letter to the White House requesting a meeting about Idaho’s federal district judge vacancy.…
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