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Idaho voters can help pick the state’s official gun in 2026 general election
Survey: Some Idaho government agencies use artificial intelligence already. More may follow.
Lawmakers serving on the committee discussed plans to meet again in January, with less presenters and more discussion or possible policy recommendations, but did not immediately schedule another meeting. Some Id…
Idaho electors cast Electoral College votes in Boise
BOISE — Idaho’s four electors officially cast their ballots for Donald Trump and JD Vance on Tuesday morning at the Capitol.
Repeal or reform: The Idaho Legislature’s plans for Medicaid expansion in 2025
After Republicans secure federal office control and tighten Idaho GOP supermajority, 2025 may bring big changes to Medicaid expansion
Idaho senator alleges misuse of funds from ISU, Bannock County over forensic center
The East Idaho Forensic Pathology Center was a proposed project to be built on the Idaho State University campus and operated by Bannock County. The Idaho Legislature in 2022, through House Bill 776, appropriat…
Survivors seek a reckoning as FBI investigates child sex abuse in little-known Christian sect
A website, a hotline and social media pages established by victims have documented allegations against more than 900 abusers, with survivors in more than 30 co…
Prosecutors dispute Kohberger defense claims to strike evidence from Idaho murder case
Prosecutors sought in the filings to thwart attempts by Kohberger’s defense to suppress certain evidence that police said ties the defendant to the November 2022 fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students…
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs statement backing Trump immigration and deportation policies
Little, 25 other GOP governors ‘fully committed to supporting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport dangerous criminals’
Open enrollment in Idaho’s health insurance exchange ends next week
For 2025, Your Health Idaho is already seeing record enrollments, Executive Director Pat Kelly said in a news release Tuesday.
Electric transportation partnership launches in Idaho, states across the West
ChargeWest seeks to identify scenic routes in the West for electric vehicle charging stations
Feds approve scaled-down Idaho wind farm near historic Japanese American incarceration site
Friends of Minidoka, a group that works to preserve the site and educate about its history, said it was reviewing the decision but that it remained disappointe…
Living Latest 2024 farm income forecast shows overall decrease from 2023
Net cash farm income for 2024 is projected to be $158.8 billion, which in inflation-adjusted figures is 3.5% lower than net cash farm income in 2023
News groups sue Idaho prison leader for increased witness access to lethal injection executions
The Associated Press and two other news organizations are suing Idaho's top prison official for increased access to lethal injection executions, saying the sta…
Blue Cross of Idaho removes ‘company leadership’ page, details about CEO from website
The largest health insurer in Idaho has removed information about its corporate leadership from its website.
Is 2025 the year of private school choice in Idaho? ‘Several’ bills could be coming
Idaho Legislature could consider range of different proposals, including tax credits, to fund private school education with state dollars
Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law mostly can be enforced as lawsuit proceeds, court rules
The ruling largely reverses U.S. Magistrate Judge Debora K. Grasham's decision, which prevented the law from being enforced after opponents sued the state in the summer of 2023.