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Two bills focused on transparency in Idaho’s elections were introduced in a Senate committee on Monday.

Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 450 into law Friday, providing an estimated $64 million in unemployment insurance tax cuts for Idaho businesses over the next two years.

The Idaho Republican Party is responding to governor candidate Ammon Bundy switching his affiliation from Republican to Independent.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy announced he’s dropping out of the GOP primary in May and is instead running as an Independent.

A panel of Idaho lawmakers has advanced a bill that would repeal the state’s primary law banning private militias.

An abortion bill modeled after Texas’ controversial abortion law that bans all abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected cleared a Senate committee Wednesday morning with a do pass recommendation.

A House committee cleared a bill Wednesday to allow the Powerball Lottery to continue to be played in the state even after it adds Australia and the United Kingdom to the game.

A bill that would prevent animals, natural resources and artificial intelligence from being granted “personhood status” in Idaho was introduced by the House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

A panel of Idaho lawmakers has approved a bill prohibiting so-called “ballot harvesting” and another tightening the timeline for unaffiliated voters to joint a political party before an election.