Idaho

An initiative to create an open primary and switch to a ranked choice voting system in Idaho will appear on the November ballot. Only nine weeks ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, an Ada County judge ruled against Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, who brought a lawsuit against the initiative in an effort to stop it from appearing on the ballot and argued that those who signed the ...

A federal judge on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction and class action status in a lawsuit filed on behalf of transgender incarcerated people who sued the state of Idaho over House Bill 668, a law that prohibits state funds and facilities from providing gender-affirming care.

An Idaho district court judge could rule as soon as Thursday on Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s latest challenge to a ballot initiative that seeks to end Idaho’s closed party primary elections and create a system of ranked-choice voting in general elections.

Idaho pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole, who serves as the physician representative on a Treasure Valley-area public health agency’s board, has reinstated his lapsed Idaho medical license.

Two archery hunters in East Idaho shot and killed an adult male grizzly bear Sunday after the animal knocked one of the men down and bit him. The men were hunting elk on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest near Island Park when they had a “surprise encounter” with the bear, according to a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Officials said the men deterred the bear by ...

A fast-moving lawsuit over a ballot initiative to end Idaho’s closed party primaries is headed for a hearing about whether the case can be wrapped up quickly without a trial. Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador sued a coalition backing the measure to stop it from making it on the November general election ballot in Idaho. The initiative would create a nonpartisan primary open to all voters, ...

The Idaho State Bar is conducting an ethics investigation into Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, following a complaint alleging an “adversarial relationship” with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

Aug. 30—Four mariners tasked with transporting two retired state ferries to Ecuador for scrapping became ensnared in the U.S. immigration system after failing to move the vessels. The crew members — from Peru, Colombia and Panama — had been aboard the tugboat Wycliffe for weeks, and unable to go to shore. Local advocates say the sailors were mistreated and underpaid by their employer, ...