Mountain goat removal continues over Game & Fish objections
Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik has again called on Grand Teton National Park to stop culling mountain goats through aerial…
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Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik has again called on Grand Teton National Park to stop culling mountain goats through aerial…
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Utah lawmakers have advanced a bill that would cap copays at $100 a month for insulin, decreasing the cost of the medicine for diabetes patients and…
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Legislation preventing transgender women from participating in sports that align with their gender identity headed to the House on…
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A bill that would reduce the number of people required to report suspected child abuse narrowly won approval from a panel of Idaho lawmakers.…
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Legislation intended to create transparency in medical bills sent to patients and to rein in predatory medical debt collectors advanced to the Idaho…
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Representatives for the presidential campaigns of Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders have requested that the Iowa Democratic Party begin a recount of…
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The Bannock County Commissioners have agreed on a plan to equalize taxes for the Downey Fire District after a computer error failed to tax Downey…
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Legislation that would compensate the wrongly convicted headed to the Senate on…
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The parks and recreation department in Idaho has asked residents for donations to combat years of budget cuts for trail maintenance across the…
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is well ahead of the rest of the field for the Democratic national primary after strong…
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A proposal to require warning labels on pornography in Utah has passed the state House, a step that an adult-entertainment industry group called a…
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Wyoming lawmakers are considering legislation that would authorize the state to evaluate a significant land purchase.…
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Another Republican has entered the race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming.…
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Coming up on March 10, we have the Presidential Primary Elections.…
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Wyoming lawmakers have rejected the second effort to expand Medicaid in five…
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Veterans and lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, rallied in support of a bill in Wyoming that would restrict combat deployment of…
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The Pocatello native has been serving the Madison County area as Sheriff since 2017.…
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Idaho’s public school curriculum standards will stay in place for another year after they were adopted by a panel of Idaho…
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President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he may block officials from listening in on his calls with foreign leaders after a…
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A Missouri panel “found no evidence of any wrongdoing” by former Gov. Eric Greitens following a nearly 18-month investigation into…
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Democratic US Senate candidate Nancy Harris is withdrawing from the race. …
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Idaho Senator Mark Nye (D-Pocatello) is taking the Governor’s budget plan to heart.…
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The rise of property tax throughout the state is prompting some legislators to take…
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has become the first circuit in the nation to order a state to pay for an inmate’s gender confirmation surgery,…
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An Idaho lawmaker wants to ban transgender women athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender…
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A panel of Idaho lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday banning affirmative action for state agencies, state contracting and public…
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A law requiring abortion and medical providers to cremate or bury fetal remains passed the state Senate Tuesday in Utah.…
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Utah lawmakers halt push to rebuke Romney over…
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Two men who combined spent nearly 40 years in Idaho prisons for crimes they didn’t commit testified Tuesday in favor of legislation that would…
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Legislation aimed at reducing property taxes drew so many people wanting to speak that a House panel ran out of time Tuesday and delayed…
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The director of the Idaho Department of Agriculture will have authority to set regulatory fees paid by elk hunting ranches under legislation sent to…
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Candidates and political action committees will have an extra week to file required paperwork with the Idaho Secretary of State’s…
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little may soon introduce a five-year teacher pay plan providing more than $225 million in additional state support for teacher…
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Two attempts to introduce bills to repeal Idaho grocery taxes on food failed Monday and another was withdrawn by its sponsor, leaving only one…
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Legislation for a constitutional amendment introduced Monday could end up reducing some property taxes by removing exemptions for…
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The budget for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Medicaid will surpass $3 billion for the first time, state officials said…
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Wyoming has enough savings to take time and be thoughtful about future spending cuts, particularly for education, amid declining revenue from fossil…
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Moms for Marijuana’s Educate & Legalize tour made a stop in Pocatello Friday, hoping to inform those with questions and have supporters of the…
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Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he does not support a state lawmaker’s push to censure U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney over his vote to convict in…
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Former Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Paulette Jordan has announced her intent to formally enter the U.S. Senate race. She will seek the…
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Former Idaho Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state lawmaker Paulette Jordan announced Friday that she’s challenging two-term Republican U.S.…
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The director of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation said Friday that his agency is starting a voluntary trail pass program as part of a…
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Wyoming’s Democratic Party has confidence in the process that will be used to tally votes in the state’s upcoming presidential caucus, an official…
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U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was back in Utah explaining his vote to convict President Donald Trump amid pushes by some angry GOP state legislators to…
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Governor Brad Little has announced the appointment of Javier Gabiola to the eastern Idaho bench.…
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Idaho governors would have only one choice rather than three when it came to filling legislative vacancies under a measure that headed to the House…
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The number of legislative districts would remain fixed at 35 and the number of lawmakers in the Statehouse at 105 under a proposed amendment to the…
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Legislation to make it easier for Idaho residents in rural areas to get healthcare using email and other methods headed to the Senate on…
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Whistleblower lawsuits against Idaho would be limited to $370,000 in non-economic damages under proposed legislation introduced…
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Legislation requiring voters to choose a political party three months before a presidential primary is headed to the Senate.…
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Idaho’s wine industry won’t have to store extra wine in neighboring states under proposed legislation that headed to the governor’s desk on…
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A House panel on Wednesday rejected math, science and English standards used to make sure Idaho’s 300,000 students are meeting specific…
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An Idaho lawmaker wants his colleagues to take a closer look at ways to improve air travel across the state.…
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Reclaim Idaho spent the weekend in East Idaho campaigning for a ballot initiative to fund public…
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A resolution encouraging consideration of later high school start times in Utah has earned unanimous support from a state legislative committee.…
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A Utah lawmaker has unveiled a proposal to require pornography to carry warning labels or be subject to a possible $2,500 penalty, though an…
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Legislation granting an emergency water right when crews are trying to clean up spills in Idaho waterways passed the House on Tuesday and is headed…
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A panel of lawmakers on Tuesday removed standards for initial teacher…
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Donald Trump has never made it to the 50% approval mark in Gallup polling, which makes him the first president never to rise above the halfway mark…
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After President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, freshman Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas will deliver the…
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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced Monday that she “cannot vote to convict” President Donald Trump in the Senate…
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A number of Republican senators on Monday dodged questions about whether President Donald Trump acted appropriately with Ukraine, underscoring the…
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The State Department is recommending US citizens who remain in China take precautionary measures, including “stocking up on food,” in the…
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Idaho Republican Senator Brent Hill’s announced retirement from the District 34 Senate seat has set off a round of political musical chairs in the…
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Idaho Republicans altered course Monday on a bill restricting voters in presidential primaries after complaints it would have disenfranchised…
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Republican senators are expected to vote on Wednesday afternoon to acquit President Donald Trump in the third presidential impeachment trial in US…
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March and August election dates school districts use to ask voters to approve bonds and levies would be eliminated under legislation introduced…
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Visitors to Idaho 18 and older who can legally possess firearms would be allowed to carry a concealed handgun within city limits under new…
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Our voices are starting to be heard in the upcoming 2020 elections.…
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When he delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump will directly cross paths with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for…
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The new resolution agreed to Friday in the Senate impeachment trial gives Democratic senators running for president a much needed opportunity to hit…
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Leaders of the US Senate struck an agreement to hold the final vote on whether to acquit President Donald Trump on the two articles of impeachment on…
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Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are at the front of the field for the Democratic national primary, according to a new…
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Andrew Yang choked up Thursday night as he reflected on the trajectory of his upstart presidential campaign during a speech in Dubuque, Iowa.…
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A former political figure in Idaho has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of child pornography in a plea deal dismissing 12 other…
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Republican hopes of blocking former national security adviser John Bolton’s impeachment testimony highlight the Trump-era GOP’s defining…
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Sen. Lamar Alexander, a retiring Tennessee Republican, said in a statement late Thursday night that he would vote against a motion to hear additional…
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Sen. Rand Paul attempted to ask a question Thursday at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump that named the alleged Ukraine…
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The Virginia House of Delegates passed seven pieces of gun safety legislation on Thursday, signaling its dedication to the gun control priorities it…
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The former Trump campaign adviser whose ties to Russia were at the heart of the investigation into that country’s interference in the 2016 US…
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Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two associates of Rudy Giuliani, attended a fundraising dinner with President Donald Trump and then-Congressman Pete…
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An internal Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by CNN suggests that US border officers working at Canadian ports of entry were directed to…
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Senator Brent Hill announced Thursday he will not seek…
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Amid the intense focus on the Senate impeachment trial and Monday’s Iowa caucuses in the presidential race, you likely missed this announcement…
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ odds of winning the Iowa caucuses have been rising over the last month. Even the worst polls for Sanders have him…
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In a sign of their importance, Senate Republicans gave the opening question on Wednesday to Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska…
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Idaho Billionaire Frank VanderSloot is lobbying legislators to back legislation requiring doctors and medical facilities to make their patient bills…
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Bond elections that fail won’t be allowed before voters again for a minimum of 11 months under legislation that passed the House on Thursday and is…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders has instructed his team of campaign advisers to draw up a list of executive actions he can take immediately upon entering the…
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The South Dakota House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would criminalize doctors who assist in the gender reassignment process for…
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Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg released on Thursday the one-minute ad he’ll air during next week’s Super Bowl that highlights…
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Voters can wait until the last minute to choose a political party to participate in the Idaho Democratic or Republican presidential primaries in…
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Idaho residents wouldn’t have to fall back or spring ahead for daylight saving time under proposed legislation that has advanced to the House.…
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Gov. Brad Little has filled a vacancy in the Idaho House of Representatives following a former lawmaker’s…
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State auditors say Idaho’s prisons are overcrowded and dilapidated, the inmate population is rapidly growing and taxpayers could save millions by…
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Restrictions on using drones for surveillance on individuals and private property would be increased under proposed legislation.…
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A new candidate is tossing his hat in the ring after Bonneville County Sheriff Paul J. Wilde announced his retirement on Monday.…
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Idaho’s top wildlife official on Tuesday requested authorization from state lawmakers to spend $408,000 to count…
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Utah lawmakers are expected to consider hundreds of bills over the course of a 45-day session that began Monday.…
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Bond elections that fail won’t be allowed before voters again for a minimum of 11 months under proposed legislation that’s heading to the full House.…
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