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As Idaho reels from an exodus of obstetricians, lawmakers have raised the alarm about the state’s doctor shortage — and this legislative session, they’ve put forward a raft of bills they said would address the problem. Their efforts to do so have included proposals to allow doctors to refuse to perform procedures they don’t believe in; to limit the ability of a woman’s relatives to sue a ...

It was four days after Idaho lawmakers planned to end the legislative session, and members of the Legislature’s powerful budget-setting committee still had budgets to consider. That morning, they debated how much money to give Idaho’s colleges and universities. The panel of House and Senate members argued over whether to punish the universities for their DEI initiatives — diversity, equity and ...

The Idaho Senate in a 20-11 vote on Wednesday advanced a bill to prevent government entities from displaying certain flags.

The Idaho Legislature’s powerful budget committee on Wednesday refused to accept $24.6 million in federal funding to provide rebates to Idahoans who improve energy efficiency in their homes.

The Idaho House on Wednesday widely passed a bill on a party-line vote to deregulate child care centers in hopes of addressing Idaho’s child care shortage crisis.

This is a breaking news story. Check back to idahostatesman.com for updates. To sign up for breaking news alerts, click here. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed into law a measure to curtail the state’s spending on its Medicaid expansion program, which provides health care coverage to lower-income Idaho residents. who earn too much to qualify for standard Medicaid but not enough for ...

After debate on a legislative travel transparency bill broke down in the Idaho House on Wednesday, the chamber on Thursday quickly passed the bill.

Under a bill headed to the Idaho House, adults who sexually abuse children age 12 and younger in Idaho could be sentenced to death.

Idaho lawmakers proposed Wednesday a new bill that could provide more scrutiny of the lawsuits filed against doctors who perform illegal abortions. Senate Bill 1171 would allow a judge reviewing civil lawsuits against medical providers to see whether the person suing put enough evidence in the complaint to establish a case. The change would apply to a law that allows families to sue an ...

A year ago, the state of Idaho failed to execute a prisoner for the very first time. Senate lawmakers responded at the Capitol on Wednesday by using their heavy Republican majority to pass a change in law to sideline lethal injections in favor of death by firing squad. The bill now goes to Gov. Brad Little for his consideration. The Republican has been leery of the more visually violent ...

The Department of Justice, the State of Idaho and the Idaho Legislature on Wednesday filed a document together announcing the dismissal of a lawsuit over emergency access to abortion after more than two years of legal debate, including arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office announced the update Wednesday morning with a statement from ...

The Idaho House narrowly passed a bill to ban a nutritional assistance program formerly known as food stamps from covering candy and soda.