House Republicans oust Majority Leader Megan Blanksma from leadership…

Disagreements playing out behind the scenes in the Idaho State Capitol erupted Thursday as House Republicans quietly ousted House Majority Leader Megan Blanksma from her leadership post. Effective immediately Blanksma, [...]

2024-02-08T23:02:42+00:00February 8th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

House committee holds bill to allow death penalty for lewd conduct wi…

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 [...]

2024-02-01T01:54:37+00:00February 1st, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Democratic Reps. Chew and Nash have substitutes serving for them in I…

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, [...]

2024-01-31T13:51:02+00:00January 31st, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Idaho House passes bill to enforce mandatory minimum sentences on fen…

The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday that would require mandatory minimum sentences for people convicted of trafficking fentanyl.  Following more than an hour of debate among [...]

2024-01-30T01:35:04+00:00January 30th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Mandatory minimum sentence for fentanyl trafficking bill heads to Ida…

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 [...]

2024-01-24T03:49:04+00:00January 24th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Bill seeking to change ‘fetus’ to ‘preborn child’ in Idaho state law …

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” [...]

2024-01-22T23:41:02+00:00January 22nd, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

New bill would require study of Idaho maternal mortality data in the …

The Idaho Legislature could be taking steps to once again track maternal mortality data across the state after becoming the only state in the U.S. that does not review maternal [...]

2024-01-17T00:30:42+00:00January 17th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Revived ‘harmful to minors’ library materials bill advances in Idaho …

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 [...]

2024-01-16T03:53:05+00:00January 16th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments
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