If Senate Bill 1357 passes, students like me will not want to come to…
Simply put, if Senate Bill 1357 passes, students will not want to live in or contribute to our beautiful state of Idaho. Way back in 2021, I found myself on [...]
Simply put, if Senate Bill 1357 passes, students will not want to live in or contribute to our beautiful state of Idaho. Way back in 2021, I found myself on [...]
Idaho could again have a presidential primary election. The Idaho Senate on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 1415 on a 31-4 vote. Under the bill, political parties would have the option [...]
Idaho legislators sought to undermine the constitutional right of Idahoans to run initiatives by enacting a 2021 law making it virtually impossible to get the required signatures. The Idaho Supreme [...]
Weeks after a library materials regulation bill failed by one vote in the state Senate, Idaho lawmakers on Monday quickly advanced an amended library bill that stalled earlier this session. [...]
Before Idaho legislators adjourn for the year, they have to pass a balanced budget. And on Friday, the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, is set to take up a [...]
A bill that would place restrictions on who could apply for an absentee ballot in Idaho was sent out for possible amendments Wednesday after members of the public and several [...]
A bill that would let Idaho law enforcement officials temporarily detain people who are a danger to themselves or others because of neurological conditions, like Alzheimer’s, widely passed the Idaho [...]
A bill that would mandate a process to review and move library materials deemed harmful to children failed by one vote in the Idaho Senate on Thursday. Some critics argued [...]
A bill aiming to prevent the allocation of public funds for gender transition procedures is advancing to the Idaho House floor after a committee hearing on Wednesday afternoon. House Bill [...]
Sex crimes against children could be punishable by death under a new bill that Idaho House Republican legislators passed Tuesday. House Bill 515 would allow for the death penalty in [...]
After largely negative public testimony, Idaho legislators advanced a bill Monday that would require public and school libraries to create a review process and to restrict children’s access to harmful [...]
Idaho Republican state legislators advanced several bare-bone budgets Friday, in an apparent endorsement of a new budget process playing out in the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that has now spilled [...]
Idaho should consider withdrawing its support for a bankrupt government-created but tough-to-regulate health data sharing service supported by $94 million in tax dollars, a top health official told lawmakers on [...]
A divided Idaho House of Representatives voted 38-31 on Wednesday to pass the first of 10 omnibus budget bills that are at the center of a budget showdown in the [...]
As legislative leaders continue to debate voting procedures and rules, the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee has not yet taken the traditional step of voting on a revenue target that the [...]
Twelve of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee’s 20 members rebelled against the legislative committee’s co-chairs on Friday, going around committee leaders to pass new, standalone budgets that are in direct competition [...]
Although he is prepared to work with whatever alterations legislators come up with, Idaho Gov. Brad Little said the changes that the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee is making to the state’s [...]
The Idaho Legislature’s House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted Wednesday to hold a potentially unconstitutional bill that would have allowed the state to seek the death penalty for convictions [...]
Two long-term substitutes are serving in place of two Democratic legislators in the Idaho House of Representatives during the 2024 legislative session in Boise. Marjorie Wilson, a licensed social worker, [...]
A bill that would impose mandatory minimum sentences for people convicted of trafficking fentanyl is heading to the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives for a vote, where it [...]
In the face of overwhelming public opposition, a committee of Idaho legislators voted Monday to hold a bill that sought to replace the words “embryo” and “fetus” with “preborn child” [...]
Over the course of two-and-a-half hours on Tuesday, the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee set $5.1 billion worth of “maintenance of current operations” budgets to simply keep the lights on [...]
A new bill seeking to prohibit public and school libraries from making “material harmful to minors” available to children under 18 is heading to the floor of the Idaho House [...]
Members of the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee took a symbolic hostage on Friday as part of the budget committee’s showdown with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare over [...]
After previously disagreeing with a critical state audit that found flaws in how $72 million in grant funds were distributed, Idaho’s largest agency is now promising reforms. The Idaho Department [...]
A new bill introduced Thursday afternoon in the Idaho Legislature would make it a crime to use sexually explicit images generated by artificial intelligence to harass victims or extort money [...]
An Idaho state budget official told legislative budget writers Wednesday that the state cannot independently verify its cash balances following the state’s transition to the Luma business and accounting systems [...]
Idaho’s strict abortion ban has been law for over a year. And if the Legislature’s first bill introduced in a committee in 2024 passes, Idaho law would acknowledge “preborn children.” [...]
Idaho Gov. Brad Little put forth a 10-year, $2 billion plan to address Idaho’s aging, crumbling public school buildings during his State of the State address Monday at the Idaho [...]
Gov. Brad Little will begin the 2024 Idaho legislative session today by delivering the annual State of the State address at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Little will deliver [...]
This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Jan. 5, 2024. A pair of Republicans unveiled a new proposal Friday designed to help Idahoans fund private school: a $5,000 tax [...]
The 2024 Idaho legislative session begins Monday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, where Republican legislators will look to expand the Idaho Legislature’s power and influence through budgetary changes [...]
Idaho’s 2024 legislative session begins Jan. 8, kicking off a nearly yearlong political season that will be driven by elections at the local, state and federal levels. Idaho’s Legislature meets [...]
Idaho’s top two statewide elected officials said Wednesday that the state is well-positioned to ride out economic uncertainty created by the collision of inflation and high interest rates with rapid [...]
Idaho legislators will set the stage for the upcoming 2024 legislative session during a series of seven meetings at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise over the next two weeks. [...]