ID Government

After years of legislative attempts led by Idaho Democrats, a bill to expand contraception access in Idaho has been signed into law.

An effort to expand capital punishment in Idaho died when a bill that sought to make lewd acts with children under age 12 qualify for the death penalty failed to earn enough support for a Senate floor vote. The bill’s sponsor pledged to try again next year.

The filing period for all Idaho candidates running for office this year closed Friday.

In a 4-3 vote Thursday morning, Idaho lawmakers on the Senate State Affairs Committee voted to move a bill forward that would prohibit transgender and nonbinary Idahoans enrolled in Medicaid, or state employees enrolled in the state’s insurance plan, from obtaining gender-affirming care.

Pedophilia. Child sex trafficking. Increased child molestation. Arguments in favor of an Idaho bill to restrict obscene library material to children seemed familiar to those following conspiracy theories. Several supporters of a bill to allow lawsuits against libraries in public hearings have cited unfounded concerns about sex traffickers who “condition” children through books or the ...

A new bill introduced Friday in the Idaho Legislature would reinstate a presidential primary election in Idaho.

Mark Anderson, a music teacher at East Junior High School, has displayed a pride flag in his Boise classroom since 2019 — to him, a symbol of a safe space. He said one parent thanked him for the flag, because it meant their child had a welcoming place in the school. “Students see me as a safe person to come to, someone that will not judge them for whatever they need to speak to me about,” said ...

North Idaho Republican voters escaped the late-winter chill and trickled into a warm Coeur d’Alene hotel Saturday to help select the Republican presidential nominee.

Idaho’s three-term Republican senator was parodied in the opening skit of “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend for his endorsement of former President Donald Trump as the Republican nominee in the 2024 election. Risch was played by cast member Mikey Day, who is known for his recurring impression of President Joe Biden.

In an effort to block a proposed open primary ballot initiative, a Republican Idaho legislator is proposing an amendment to the Idaho Constitution that would limit elections to one round of voting.