Idaho Politics

The Idaho Supreme Court has agreed to allow the state Legislature to intervene in two lawsuits that challenge the same restrictive voter initiative…

Idaho Democratic Party Chair Fred Cornforth announced Monday party has hired Jared DeLoof to serve as Executive Director heading into the 2022…

State Representative Priscila Giddings (R-D7) announced she has filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of…

Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is running for governor.…

Idaho 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…

Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday offered differing views on the outcomes of Idaho’s longest ever legislative session after lawmakers…

The longest ever Idaho legislative session has been filled with unusual events and ended in uncharted ground shortly before midnight…

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed four watered-down versions of previous bills that he vetoed on limiting a governor’s powers during declared…

Lawmakers will not be addressing bills concerning guns in school this…

Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic…

A Senate panel on Wednesday approved legislation to prohibit commercial advertising for marijuana in Idaho that could potentially be used to stymie…

Senate lawmakers unable to overcome two vetoes by Republican Gov. Brad Little of legislation to curb his authority during emergencies such as the…

A 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…

Three pieces of legislation intended to curb the authority of an Idaho governor during declared emergencies passed the House on…

The 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…

Governor Brad Little recently signed Senate Bill 1199 into…

An Idaho Senate panel on Monday rejected legislation intended to give Idaho lawmakers veto power over decisions by the federal government and courts,…

Dozens of child care centers are urging legislators to allow federal funding for their…

A legislative ethics committee on Thursday voted to censure and suspend Idaho Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger in connection with allegations that he raped a…

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from “indoctrinating” students through teaching…

An Idaho lawmaker facing rape allegations from a 19-year-old intern refused to answer some questions during a legislative ethics hearing Wednesday…

An 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…

Lawmakers on a House panel introduced legislation Friday to allow the Idaho Legislature to go into recess without fully shutting down so that it can…

The Idaho House on Thursday approved proposed legislation preventing schools and universities from compelling students to adopt belief systems…

Legislation outlawing nearly all abortions in conservative Idaho by banning them once a fetal heartbeat can be detected headed to Republican Gov.…

The 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…

In the Idaho senate Tuesday, lawmakers passed a firearm, firearm accessories and components protection…

Voters will get the chance to decide whether lawmakers in the part-time Idaho Legislature will be able to call special sessions, a power currently…

A Senate panel on Tuesday advanced a measure that would outlaw nearly all abortions in conservative Idaho by banning them once a fetal heartbeat can…

The 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…

Idaho 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…

Governor Brad Little announced Friday he will veto House Bill 135 and Senate Bill 1136, the “emergency powers…

The House on Thursday approved Senate changes to a bill trimming an Idaho governor’s powers during declared emergencies while increasing the…

A proposed constitutional amendment that would have prevented the legalization of marijuana and other drugs without the approval of two-thirds of the…

An Idaho House panel has approved a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Legislature to call itself into session.…

Two bills that cleared the Idaho House with overwhelming Republican support to significantly defund Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s…

A House panel on Tuesday approved Senate changes to a bill trimming a governor’s powers during declared emergencies while increasing the…

The Idaho Senate on Monday passed legislation accepting a $6 million federal grant to improve early childhood education from birth through age…

The Idaho Senate voted in favor of two bills that would restrict the governor’s power during an…

The Idaho House has approved a new version of a transportation bonding…

The governor’s veto of a bill that would have made changes to how the Idaho Tax Commission is run will…

A bill to legalize industrial hemp in Idaho is on its way to Governor Brad Little’s…

A panel of Idaho lawmakers advanced two bills targeting abortion…

The House on Wednesday voted to override Republican Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a bill involving the responsibilities of the chairman of the Idaho…

The House on Tuesday rejected legislation banning anyone under 21 from buying cigarettes or electronic smoking products in Idaho has failed in the…

An Idaho House panel on Tuesday approved legislation intended to give lawmakers veto power over federal government actions and federal court…