ID Government

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee completed a takeover of the Community Library Network Tuesday when its preferred candidate won a fifth seat on the board of trustees.

Idaho spends federal money more efficiently than most states, Gov. Brad Little told reporters Monday. In its administration of the federal food stamps, for example, Idaho has the highest rate of compliance and the lowest rate of fraud, he said.

WASHINGTON – Two families of white South Africans whom President Donald Trump has designated as refugees arrived in the United States on Monday, en route to their new homes in southern Idaho.

The Boise City Council made the Pride flag a city flag Tuesday to get around a new state law. The Legislature earlier this year banned most flags from flying on government property, but left an exception for “the official flag of a governmental entity.” Cheers, boos and expletives erupted from the crowd during the rowdy meeting. Five of Boise’s council members voted yes on the resolution — ...

A former Post Falls School Board member and a former nonprofit communications director are running for an open seat on the Community Library Network Board of Trustees in North Idaho.

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.