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State News
What's happening in Idaho? For information and details regarding Idaho news, see our articles below.
Christian lobbying group pushes for Bible reading in public schools
The Idaho Family Policy Center is circulating a petition advocating for Bibles in public schools
US selects proposed plan for open-pit gold mines in Idaho
The most recent proposal differs from a previous 2016 plan by decreasing the mining footprint by 13%
Idaho Supreme Court won't reconsider death row clemency case
Pizzuto has spent more than three decades on death row and was originally scheduled to be put to death in June of 2021
Attorneys general say Albertsons should delay $4B dividend
The company had nearly $29 billion in assets at the end of September, including $3.4 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
US Justice Department sues Idaho city over water pollution
The violations, if proven, could put the city of about 2,100 people on the hook for more than $160 million in fines
Idaho nuclear lab gets $150M to upgrade infrastructure
The U.S. gets about 20% of its energy from nuclear power produced at nearly 100 nuclear plants
Idaho finds another deer with chronic wasting disease
All seven animals that have tested positive in the state were between the towns of Riggins and Grangeville
Idaho man dies while fighting as volunteer in Ukraine
Dane Partridge joined a military unit that included several volunteers from other countries
Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20B Albertsons bid
Coeur d'Alene has Fred Meyer and Albertsons stores
Idaho nuclear waste treatment plant could start in December
It's a huge economic driver in the state, especially in eastern Idaho, bringing in millions of federal research dollars
Idaho Republicans supporting Democrat for attorney general
Labrador in a statement to The Associated Press called the Republicans endorsing Arkoosh “backroom insiders.”
Mixed results for Idaho sockeye salmon return this year
Young sockeye salmon, both hatchery and naturally reproduced fish, leave the Stanley basin in spring
Kids with disabilities face off-the-books school suspensions
Idaho momsays her daughter was also taken out of class repeatedly and kept in a room by herself. None of the removals was recorded as suspensions
Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice
Some conservative justices appear to agree with the lawyer for an Idaho couple that Kennedy’s opinion was vague and unworkable
Suction-dredge gold miner working Idaho river fined $150K
The Idaho Conservation League argued for a fine of $565,000
Idaho universities disallow abortion, contraception referral
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a prepared statement Tuesday that the Idaho policies are “extreme and backwards."