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Idaho voters can help pick the state’s official gun in 2026 general election
Lawyers screen potential jurors in Idaho slain kids' trial
Both defendants have pleaded not guilty, but only Vallow Daybell's trial begins Monday
Mug shot as a political boost? Some politicians have tried
Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in 2007 by a plainclothes police officer in a men's bathroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and p…
Idaho law could criminalize helping minors get abortions
Mack Smith, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, said the bill will likely become law but that the dispute over it won’t end there
Idaho Senate passes ban on gender-affirming care for minors
f the House agrees, the bill will go to Gov. Brad Little
Idaho bill to provide free period products in schools fails
The state currently pays for toilet paper, paper towels and soap in public school bathrooms
Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
One Idaho death row inmate has already had his execution postponed repeatedly because of drug scarcity
Idaho hospital to stop baby deliveries, partly over politics
Physicians could face felony charges and a medical license revocation for violating the law, which the Idaho Supreme Court determined earlier this year is cons…
Judge pauses Biden waterway protections in Texas, Idaho
Roughly half of all U.S. states are taking part in lawsuits challenging the rule
Idaho poised to allow firing-squad executions in some cases
Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, has voiced his support for the death penalty
Idaho robbery suspect killed in Montana after hostage shot
Two suspects involved in the Saturday morning robbery in Osburn were seen by witnesses later that day in St. Regis
Experts say attacks on free speech are rising across the US
First Amendment rights had been stable in America for decades
Ex-intern sues Idaho lawmakers for harassing her after rape
Since 2017, at least 120 state lawmakers in 41 states have faced public allegations of sexual misconduct or harassment, according to an Associated Press tally
Medicaid coverage for new moms gaining support in GOP states
Idaho among the states that have mostly banned abortion and offer women 60 days of postpartum Medicaid coverage
Phil Batt, onion farmer who rose to Idaho governor, dies
Batt was elected Idaho's first Republican governor in 28 years in 1994
Judge splits trials of couple charged in triple murder case
Both of the defendants have pleaded not guilty to murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell's children