ID Government

A judge this week blocked part of an Idaho law creating new state-level immigration crimes. Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 83 in March, after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed the measure to allow local law enforcement to wade into an area reserved for the federal government. Police could have enforced the law if they first detained or investigated an undocumented immigrant for a ...

A new Idaho law has removed a requirement that the state enforce “minimum standards” of health, safety and sanitation for public swimming pools.

A federal judge in Idaho halted all executions in the state, issuing a preliminary injunction Tuesday against carrying out the death penalty until the state prison system increases access for media witnesses to a concealed room where prison officials prepare for and perform a lethal injection.

The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday heard arguments in a lawsuit that alleges state officials drafted biased and misleading information for voters on an abortion rights ballot initiative.

An Idaho judge has ordered Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador be deposed in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former AG office attorney.

BOISE – Scar Rulien, a 19-year-old Boise State University student, had been taking testosterone for around six months when he entered a women’s bathroom.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on April 3 signed a law banning government entities, including cities, from flying non-“official” flags on their property. In lawmakers’ debates over the bill, supporters shared pictures of the LGBTQ+ Pride flag outside Boise’s City Hall as an example of the flags they hoped the law would bring down. But on Friday, over a week after the law took effect, the Pride flag ...

Four days after Idaho Gov. Brad Little vetoed a bill that would’ve banned medical intervention mandates — including vaccines, medical treatment or medicine — by businesses, governments, schools and colleges, the Idaho Legislature’s immediate path forward to respond remains unclear.

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 ...