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Idaho voters can help pick the state’s official gun in 2026 general election
Property taxes due for Idaho homeowners on Dec. 20
County treasurers are required to mail property tax notices by the fourth Monday in November, so many Idaho homeowners are receiving their property tax notices this week.
For a year, Idaho pregnant moms’ deaths weren’t analyzed by this panel. But new report is coming
Reassembled Maternal Mortality Review Committee will review 2023 data in next report, due Jan. 31
San Jose State is disappointed Boise State forfeited but looks forward to volleyball final
U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kato Crews in Denver ruled Monday that the player was allowed to play, and a federal appeals court upheld the decision the following d…
Idaho Supreme Court rejects death row inmate Creech’s cruel and unusual punishment argument
The Wednesday decision affirms an earlier district court decision, rejecting an appeal by Thomas Creech.
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
Police vet Idaho election mail after threatening manifesto with ‘powdery’ substance
State police have been opening mail sent to the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office since September after a threatening package containing a manifesto and white …
121,000 Idahoans registered to vote on Election Day, new data show
This year, Idaho set a new record for the most number of ballots cast in an election, with this year’s ballots casts rising to 917,608.
Idaho Attorney General Labrador goes to Mar-a-Lago for President-elect Donald Trump
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador attended a victory gala for President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Thursday.
Death penalty sought for an Idaho gang member accused of killing a man while on the run
Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if an Idaho white supremacist gang member is convicted of killing a man while he was on the run after shooting off…
Wildfire survivors appeal to Congress to end federal income tax on settlements, lawyer fees
Western wildfire survivors are calling on Congress to stop playing political football with a bill that would relieve them of federal income taxes on recovery s…
Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies
Currently, the state's near-total ban makes performing an abortion a felony at any stage of pregnancy unless it is “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.”
Defense asks judge to ban the death penalty for man charged in stabbing deaths of 4 Idaho students
Attorneys for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table Thursday, arguing…
Should death penalty be option in Kohberger case?
Thursday’s pretrial hearing is being livestreamed on the 4th Judicial District’s YouTube page at: www.youtube.com/@idahofourthdistrictcourt. Jury selection in …
Federal judge temporarily halts Idaho's plan to try a second time to execute a man on death row
A federal judge has temporarily halted the planned execution of an Idaho man on death row whose first lethal injection attempt was botched earlier this year.
Idaho Republicans to expand supermajority in Idaho Legislature
Based on partial, unofficial election results released early Wednesday by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office, Republicans were poised to flip Idaho Senate seats in West Boise’s Legislative District 15 and Centra…