BOISE — Last week, the sixth of the 2019 legislative session, state officials and lawmakers:
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An Idaho Falls man was sentenced Thursday to a year of unsupervised probation for fracturing another man's skull.
BOISE — Last week, the sixth of the 2019 legislative session, state officials and lawmakers:
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BOISE — The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has sent the federal government its proposal to amend the state’s Medicaid plan.
BOISE — A bill to require both chambers of the Legislature to approve any new rules passed the Idaho House on Friday.
BOISE — A bill was introduced Friday to require legal notices to be published only once in a newspaper and also add an online posting requirement.
BOISE — A bill to give immunity from civil or criminal liability to first responders who break into a vehicle to save a dog or cat cleared committee Friday and is headed to the House floor.
BOISE — A House committee has approved a Rexburg lawmaker’s bill to regulate electronic bicycles like bicycles, rather than under the laws regulating mopeds and cars.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are considering a new carbon pricing policy during this year's legislative session aimed at regulating greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat the effects of climate change.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A vessel that bears the name of Oklahoma's second-largest city has been commissioned as the newest warship in the U.S. Navy's fleet.
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An initial background check five years ago failed to flag an out-of-state felony conviction that would have prevented a man from buying the gun he used to kill five co-workers and wound six other people, including five responding police officers, at a suburban Chicago man…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sci-fi fantasy "Alita: Battle Angel" has topped the charts in its first weekend in theaters, but it is leading one of the slowest Presidents Day weekends at the box office in years and has a ways to go to make up its costly production budget.
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Cheadle delivered some political messages along with jokes as he hosted "Saturday Night Live" for the first time.
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LONDON (AP) — The family of a British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group and now wants to return to the U.K. said Sunday she has given birth to a baby boy.
