First-term Idaho Republican lawmaker out with COVID-19
Republican Rep. Bruce Skaug says he received a positive COVID-19 test Friday morning.…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Bruce Skaug says he received a positive COVID-19 test Friday morning.…
Continue ReadingA House panel on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent the legalization of marijuana and other drugs without the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has approved a measure allowing certain school employees to carry concealed guns at school.…
Continue ReadingLegislation intended to give Idaho lawmakers veto power over federal government actions and federal court decisions has been introduced.…
Continue ReadingWe are about two months into the 2021 session, and so far the main concern for many Republicans is the governor’s emergency…
Continue ReadingSeveral school districts across eastern Idaho are holding elections for Supplement Levies, Bond issues and recall elections. …
Continue ReadingLegislation to make it illegal to demonstrate at private residences in Idaho was defeated Tuesday in the state…
Continue ReadingBannock County election officials say the turnout has been…
Continue ReadingA bill to let any school employee with an enhanced concealed carry permit have a gun on public school grounds without the permission approval from…
Continue ReadingA House panel on Tuesday approved legislation banning anyone under 21 from buying cigarettes or electronic smoking…
Continue ReadingWhen the Texas attorney general sued to invalidate Joe Biden’s presidential victory in some states despite no evidence of widespread fraud, many said…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House passed a bill Monday to legalize the production of industrial…
Continue ReadingA House panel has approved legislation making it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on ballots in what is seen as a rural vs. urban…
Continue ReadingChristopher Tapp and Senator Doug Ricks joined Governor Brad Little as he signed a bill to compensate people wrongly convicted of crimes in Idaho…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho House have passed legislation that would require parents to opt in their kids to some sex education lessons in school.…
Continue ReadingThe State House of Representatives passed a bill Friday to allow local school districts and public charter schools to certify anyone as a teacher as…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has killed the Idaho Attorney General’s budget for the upcoming year, a move that will force the Legislature’s budget-setting…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Attorney General’s office says a northern Idaho school district was within its rights to remove an electioneering demonstrator from…
Continue ReadingA decision by Idaho lawmakers to reject a $6 million federal grant to improve early childhood education – and comments from one lawmaker who said…
Continue ReadingIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney in reintroducing H.R 1403, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel has approved legislation that’s the product of more than 400,000 cows and some 50 million pounds a day of cow manure.…
Continue ReadingA House bill is now in the Senate which could increase the current snowmobile certificate…
Continue ReadingIdaho passed the nation’s first ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports last year, and the concept has since spread across the country,…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has passed legislation to define how severe an epidemic must be before it can qualify as a disaster — and the current coronavirus…
Continue ReadingThe Senate has approved a new version of a constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into session.…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho House panel took up legislation Tuesday to prohibit mask mandates by government entities that have been put in place to slow the spread of…
Continue ReadingFor the third year in a row, the State Senate has killed a bill that supporters say would give women easier access to birth…
Continue ReadingThe House on Tuesday passed legislation that would halt public funding to any entities that advise women about their abortion…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel of lawmakers has approved a new version of a constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Senate has approved legislation to make it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on ballots.…
Continue ReadingTwo former Idaho attorneys general and a former deputy attorney general have formed a group to fight what they say are unconstitutional laws being…
Continue ReadingResidents of Idaho could see millions of dollars in rental assistance during the pandemic if the governor signs a bill authorizing the…
Continue ReadingIt is election time in many communities throughout the…
Continue ReadingA panel of Idaho lawmakers has passed a bill that would halt all public funding to any entities that advise women about their abortion options.…
Continue ReadingTwo Idaho lawmakers have dropped their lawsuit against the Republican-led state Legislature and legislative leadership that alleged lax coronavirus…
Continue ReadingDemocratic lawmakers from the Idaho House and Senate blasted their Republican colleagues Wednesday for engaging in what they called a power grab from…
Continue ReadingA house panel on Tuesday introduced legislation allowing the use of snowmobiles, ATVs, powered parachutes and other methods to hunt and kill wolves…
Continue ReadingLegislation to compensate people wrongly convicted of crimes in Idaho cleared the House on Tuesday and is headed to Republican Gov. Brad…
Continue ReadingLegislation defining pandemics that would appear to eliminate the coronavirus pandemic from qualifying as an emergency in Idaho is going to the…
Continue ReadingA revamped version of a proposed law making it a felony in Idaho for third parties to collect and return multiple ballots to election officials…
Continue ReadingA bill to make illegal demonstrating at a person’s residence headed to the full House on Friday, after a series of demonstrations at the homes of…
Continue ReadingThe House on Friday approved $175 million in emergency rental assistance as people struggle to pay rent during the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingLegislation aimed at making it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on Idaho ballots is headed to the full Senate.…
Continue ReadingA proposed law to allow state agencies, boards and commissions to go around the Idaho attorney general’s office to hire private-practice attorneys is…
Continue ReadingLegislation to make permanent changes in Idaho’s absentee ballot counting procedure passed the Senate on Thursday and is headed to the…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker who introduced a bill to prohibit targeted picketing outside officials’ homes found torch- and pitchfork-wielding protesters…
Continue ReadingLegislation to compensate people wrongly convicted of crimes in Idaho headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel of lawmakers has approved a constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into a special session.…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho House have passed legislation to trim a governor’s powers and increase their own during declared emergencies such as the…
Continue ReadingSweeping tax cuts proposed Tuesday by Idaho lawmakers would slash assessments on all income brackets and lower the sales tax from 6% to 5.3%…
Continue ReadingLawmakers on Tuesday killed a proposed law intended to prevent healthcare sharing ministries from taking advantage of unsuspecting…
Continue ReadingThe State House of Representatives passed two bills Friday stripping health districts and the Department of Health and Welfare of some of their…
Continue ReadingA Republican and a Democrat in the Idaho House are coming together on a bill to punish people who are protesting at someone’s…
Continue ReadingLegislation to make permanent changes in Idaho’s absentee ballot counting procedure headed to the full Senate on…
Continue ReadingLegislation intended to make it more difficult to get an initiative or referendum on the Idaho ballot has been introduced.…
Continue ReadingThe second-most powerful member of the House took the unusual step on Thursday of sending his own bill to be amended after a debate on the House…
Continue ReadingThe House Agriculture Committee voted Thursday to introduce a bill to legalize industrial hemp in…
Continue ReadingLegislation taking aim at limits on how many people can gather during the coronavirus pandemic cleared the Idaho House on Wednesday, but it doesn’t…
Continue ReadingLegislation to end the requirement that government agencies publish legal notices in newspapers failed in the House on…
Continue ReadingA panel of Idaho lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation that would outlaw an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is…
Continue ReadingLegislation to allow the Idaho treasurer to invest in gold and silver that must be physically stored in Idaho headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingThe House on Tuesday approved legislation requiring cities, towns and schools to get permission from the Legislature to change the historic names of…
Continue ReadingA proposed law making it a felony in Idaho for a third party to collect and return multiple ballots to election officials headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Legislature’s budget committee on Monday approved $175 million for emergency rental assistance stemming from people struggling to pay rent…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in Idaho on Monday introduced legislation to make permanent changes to the counting of absentee ballots used in the last general election…
Continue ReadingA girls’ basketball tournament triggered legislation introduced Friday targeting gathering-size limits due to the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingRepresentative Chad Christensen of Ammon has introduced a guns-in-schools…
Continue ReadingLegislation to end the requirement that state agencies and local municipalities publish legal notices in newspapers headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingA bill was sent to the full House of Representatives Thursday to require lawmakers to sign off before any Idaho city, school district or other…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho state House are making a third attempt to pass legislation to trim the governor’s powers during an emergency such as a…
Continue ReadingA proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent the legalization of pot and other psychoactive drugs cleared the Idaho Senate on Wednesday and…
Continue ReadingLawmakers on Wednesday initiated another shot at trimming an Idaho governor’s power during an emergency event that threatens residents’ lives such as…
Continue ReadingLegislation to alter state law to allow what the Idaho attorney general’s office considers a form of price gouging during a declared emergency such…
Continue ReadingA local state legislator said Monday he is willing to pull the impeachment effort of Idaho Governor Brad Little in exchange for a…
Continue ReadingState lawmakers are focusing on more than just COVID-19…
Continue ReadingIdaho state lawmakers in a power struggle with Republican Gov. Brad Little say they should have been called back into session last year to distribute…
Continue ReadingA local state representative emails the governor asking to negotiate a news impeachment…
Continue ReadingA panel of state lawmakers voted to introduce legislation to prevent Idaho public health officials from ordering schools to close or take…
Continue ReadingA proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent the legalization of marijuana in Idaho has moved forward as lawmakers in the conservative…
Continue ReadingBonneville County Commissioners approved new voting machines Thursday…
Continue ReadingRepresentative John McCrostie, a Democrat from Garden City, introduced House Bill 52 to protect the LGBTQ youth from what he called the harmful…
Continue ReadingAttempts by the Republican-dominated Legislature to wrest power from GOP Gov. Brad Little when it comes to emergency declarations during a crisis…
Continue ReadingA Rexburg Senator is among Idaho lawmakers who are leading the way for a bill that would compensate people who have been wrongfully incarcerated in…
Continue ReadingA group of conservative Idaho lawmakers is asking managers of the state’s employee retirement system to divest in tech companies the lawmakers say…
Continue ReadingTwo prominent Idaho republican leaders are backing Governor Brad Little’s position defending his emergency powers.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Idaho state treasurer to vacate her offices in the…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers are introducing the Add the Words legislation for the 15th…
Continue ReadingThere is a push to impeach Idaho’s…
Continue ReadingLegislation to end coronavirus restrictions limiting private and public gatherings to 10 people or fewer has passed the Idaho House and is headed to…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s two U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R) and Jim Risch (R) are among 33 Senators introducing legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman the…
Continue ReadingThe retirement of a federal district judge from regular active service will enable President Joe Biden to appoint a new judge for…
Continue ReadingState environmental officials on Friday asked lawmakers to approve just over $3 million to deal with toxic discharge and a collapsing tunnel at an…
Continue ReadingA constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into a special session has passed the House and is headed to the…
Continue ReadingHouse lawmakers fine-tuned legislation Wednesday in their power struggle with Republican Gov. Brad Little over emergency declarations stemming from…
Continue ReadingIdaho Senate Statement on the 59th Inaugural…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho Senate have been told to monitor their health after a Senate staffer tested positive for COVID-19, but that the Senate will…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the House on Friday rejected a request from one of its members to allow her and others to participate remotely due to her being at…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers in the first week of the legislative session wasted no time initiating a power struggle with Republican Gov. Brad Little that could…
Continue ReadingRepublican Governor Brad Little said “he had more pressing matters” to deal with when asked about the Idaho Senate’s efforts to limit his emergency…
Continue ReadingIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson released the following statement after voting against the impeachment of President…
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