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BOISE — The Boise School District is responding to a public records request filed by the co-chair of the Idaho lieutenant governor’s school indoctrination task force, but it would cost more than $150,000 to assemble all the records requested by state Rep. Priscilla Giddings.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as negotiators try to strike a nearly $1 trillion deal on President Joe Biden’s top priority, according to those briefed on the plan.
About half of Idaho Falls renters and a quarter of homeowners are 'cost-burdened,' according to a city-commissioned report on barriers to fair housing released Thursday night.
A recent survey found that Idaho Falls residents are seeing their lives change as a result of growth, from pricier housing to cramped public spaces. And many residents think more could be done to shape growth.
BOISE — Idaho’s state tax revenues in May not only beat forecasts by more than $580 million — they marked the biggest revenue month ever for the state.
SALT LAKE CITY — Sex therapist Lisa Butterworth has long been willing to delve into sensitive sexuality questions with clients who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They seek her out to have open and frank conversations about the faith’s strict rules.
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee vast expanses of U.S. public lands was criticized Tuesday by Republicans over her past involvement in partisan politics as a longtime Democratic aide and environmentalist, underscoring the importance lawmakers assign to a relatively …
BOISE (AP) — The dream world for Idaho’s ascendant far right is one where state lawmakers run a sovereign nation-state free of federal oversight. It would be a place where they can outlaw all abortions, dictate what is taught in schools, have complete say over public health rules and gun law…
TULSA, Okla. — President Joe Biden led a remembrance Tuesday of one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed — moments of racial violence, marking the 100th anniversary of the destruction of a thriving Black community in Tulsa.
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little has reversed Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s executive order banning mask requirements by Idaho local governments, state agencies or schools, calling it “an irresponsible, self-serving political stunt” and an “abuse of power.”
BOISE — House Speaker Scott Bedke announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor Thursday morning in the Capitol rotunda, surrounded by supporters along with a few hecklers waving hand-written “Priscilla Giddings” signs.
BOISE — Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, while serving as acting governor Thursday, issued an executive order forbidding any government entity in Idaho — including public schools — from requiring face masks.
Scorched earth politics leave little room for common ground. Can these Idaho groups fight extremism?
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BOISE — Gov. Brad Little doesn’t hesitate when asked the three top accomplishments of this year’s legislative session, naming funding for education and transportation, and significant infrastructure investments in everything from water to broadband through his “Building Idaho’s Future” initiative.
BOISE — At the request of legislative leaders, the Idaho Supreme Court has agreed to allow the Legislature to intervene as a party in two lawsuits challenging a restrictive new voter initiative law, which means the taxpayers will pay for two separate legal teams to defend the same law in each case.
BOISE — Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy has filed paperwork with the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office indicating he intends to run for governor in 2021.
BOISE — Third-term state Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, who is currently facing calls for an ethics investigation, has announced that she's running for lieutenant governor in 2022.
The nation’s lead nuclear energyresearch laboratory supported thousands of jobs last year, remaining a key player in Idaho’s economy as private operations injected nearly $2.9 billion into the state’s GDP, according to a report released last week.
BOISE — Five more Oregon counties have voted in favor of a movement to shift the state’s border and join Idaho.
Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has officially launched her campaign for governor.
BOISE — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday vetoed legislation that sought to prevent signature-gathering for an Idaho medical marijuana initiative among Idahoans patronizing legal Oregon pot shops, after an Idaho Attorney General’s opinion found the bill as amended likely unconstitutional.
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Capital Sun.If you felt like it was hard to keep track of the various bills appropriating millions of dollars under consideration at the Idaho Legislature this session, you aren’t alone.
CALDWELL — The quickly growing southwestern Idaho city of Caldwell is stopping all new residential development for four months because city leaders say a new property tax law could put its citizens in “imminent peril” by straining public safety service. Officials say other cities are conside…
BOISE — There’s just one bill left awaiting action on Gov. Brad Little’s desk, and an Idaho Attorney General’s opinion says it’s unconstitutional.
NAMPA — Mayor Debbie Kling is hoping a higher power might intervene to help solve Nampa's property tax debacle.
BOISE — As the minutes were dwindling away Wednesday on what was expected to be the Legislature's last day of this year's session, Rep. Ilana Rubel, D-Boise, gave an impassioned speech on the House floor, pleading with her colleagues to pass one more bill.
BOISE — Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday offered differing views on the outcomes of Idaho's longest ever legislative session after lawmakers grappled with challenges brought on by fast growth and an influx of new residents straining roads, schools and tax fairness policy.
BOISE — The Idaho Legislature worked past 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, the record-setting 122nd day of the session.
BOISE — Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a property tax relief bill Wednesday that opponents describe as deeply flawed but supporters say is better than nothing.
BOISE — Idahoans next month will no longer receive the additional federal unemployment benefits that helped tens of thousands of people who lost work as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
BOISE — The sweeping property tax legislation that the Idaho Legislature introduced and passed in three days last week rests on a major assumption: That local elected officials in Idaho have only one interest, and that’s to increase their budgets.
BOISE — Reclaim Idaho and the Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution have filed suit in the Idaho Supreme Court to declare SB 1110, which sharply increases the hurdles to qualify any voter initiative or referendum for the Idaho ballot, unconstitutional.
BOISE — The Idaho Senate narrowly passed a controversial, sweeping property tax bill proposed by House Majority Leader Mike Moyle on Wednesday evening that was strongly opposed by local officials, as lawmakers pushed to wrap up most of their business, but rather than adjourning, recessed for…
BOISE — The Idaho Senate narrowly passed a controversial, sweeping property tax bill proposed by House Majority Leader Mike Moyle on Wednesday evening that was strongly opposed by local officials, as lawmakers pushed to wrap up most of their business, but rather than adjourning, recessed for…
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The drama in Idaho’s 6th Legislative District continued Tuesday, amid allegations that one of the candidates nominated to replace former Lewiston Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger might be a closet Democrat.
BOISE — The harassment began soon after a report by a 19-year-old intern, who alleged an Idaho lawmaker raped her, became public.
BOISE — Idaho lawmakers passed a $382.9 million income tax cut and a billion-dollar transportation bonding plan Monday, sending both to the governor’s desk, while also introducing a controversial new property tax bill packed with proposals from a 25% increase in the homeowner’s exemption to …
BOISE — More than 100 Idaho child care providers and parents, many with babies, toddlers or young children in tow, filled three levels of the Capitol rotunda Monday, plus assembling with strollers on the Capitol steps, to call for legislators to approve $99 million in federal aid to the stat…
BOISE — An Idaho Senate panel on Monday rejected legislation intended to give Idaho lawmakers veto power over decisions by the federal government and courts, with lawmakers citing its potential violation of the Idaho and U.S. constitutions.
BOISE — There once was a time when Democrats had power — real power — in Idaho. That time was not so long ago. For years until 1960, Idaho Democrats controlled the Legislature. From 1971 to 1995, Idaho had Democratic governors. The last great year for the Idaho Democratic Party was 1991 when…
An Idaho lawmaker was accused of raping an intern; a Missouri lawmaker of abusing his children. In North Dakota and Oregon, a pair lawmakers faced claims of a pattern of sexual harassment.
Idaho Republican Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch on Tuesday introduced legislation allowing states to give workers bonuses if they forego unemployment assistance and return to work.
BOISE — The Idaho House Ethics Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to take the strongest possible actions against Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, R-Lewiston, calling for his immediate suspension from office and for the House to expel him — and less than three hours later, he resigned rather tha…
BOISE — During the 2020 Legislative session, Idaho passed the country’s first law barring transgender athletes from competing on women’s and girls’ sports teams at the high school and college levels. However, Idaho’s transgender sports law, also known as the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, h…
BOISE — An Idaho lawmaker facing rape allegations from a 19-year-old intern refused to answer questions during a legislative ethics hearing Wednesday about what happened inside his apartment, where she said she was sexually assaulted. He declined to do so after his attorney told him to invok…
BOISE — New budgets were set for public school teachers and for higher education on Tuesday, after the previous versions were voted down in the House.
BOISE — The Idaho House on Tuesday rejected $40.3 million in federal COVID aid funds for voluntary COVID-19 testing in both public and private schools next year, with opponents decrying testing as unneeded and one even claiming falsely that children can’t carry the COVID-19 virus.
The 19-year-old legislative staffer who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger will be compelled to testify publicly before the House Ethics Committee on Wednesday, according to representatives who have been assisting the teen.
BOISE — Controversial legislation aimed at easing some House Republicans’ fears that students are being indoctrinated as leftists in Idaho’s public schools and colleges rocketed through the Senate on Monday, clearing both a committee and the full Senate in a single afternoon.
BOISE — On Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted a Fox News graphic titled “Biden’s Climate Requirements.” The graphic said Biden’s climate plan would “cut 90% of red meat from diet,” allow Americans a maximum of “4 lbs per year” and “one burger per month.”
BOISE — On Monday, the Senate Education Committee voted 6-3 in favor of HB 377. The bill is intended to combat fears of critical race theory indoctrination in classrooms. Immediately afterward, more than 100 Idaho students, ranging from middle schoolers to seniors in college, gathered on the…
BOISE — The Idaho House of Representatives voted 40-28 in favor of increasing snowmobile fees Monday. Having already been passed by the Senate, HB229a will now head to the governor for a signature. This amended version raised fees higher than the previous version of the bill.
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Colleen Marzluff whistled to her ornithologist husband, John, as he was looking for a raven nest in a string of trees on the low southern flank of Yellowstone’s Bison Peak.
