ID Government

Idaho kids in residential treatment facilities are under less government oversight for abuse investigations than children in traditional foster homes, a new watchdog state government report finds.

One of Idaho’s most popular national forests plans to temporarily shutter two of its ranger stations before reopening them on a limited schedule during the busy summer season. The cuts come three months after President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk, slashed jobs at the U.S. Forest Service. Officials with the Sawtooth National Forest, which ...

BOISE – The Idaho Republican Party on Tuesday named an eastern Idaho Republican official as the state party’s new executive director.

Through April, state revenues are $97.7 million below the Idaho Legislature’s forecast for the current 2025 fiscal year, according to a new monthly revenue report released by the Idaho Legislative Services Office.

Months before a new Idaho law will require health insurance companies to expand breast cancer screening coverage, the Idaho Department of Insurance is guiding insurers on how to prepare.

Idaho’s new flag law, which has been skirted by some cities, has affected a Treasure Valley town that traditionally flew a pro-police flag. The law, passed by the Idaho Legislature this year to limit which flags government entities may display, led the Parma Police Department to stop displaying its Thin Blue Line flag, which is a black-and-white American flag with one blue stripe. The name ...

The West Ada School District on Tuesday unveiled its proposed revised policy governing what teachers can display in their classrooms or wear at school. The proposal comes after months of scrutiny over the district’s decision to require a teacher in Meridian to remove inclusive signs from her classroom believed to violate existing policy on “content neutral classrooms.” The teacher, Sarah ...