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‘It’s like I’m a ghost’: Boise City Council member says she’s not included in housing talks

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 14, 2022

Council Member Lisa Sánchez expressed frustration at a Boise City Council meeting, saying that she — the only Latina on the council — had been excluded from conversations about housing policy in the quickly growing city, even after asking other elected city officials for more involvement.

News > Idaho

Idaho legislative candidate returns haircut expenditures after campaign finance complaint

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 14, 2022

A campaign finance complaint related to personal expenditures for haircuts has been resolved after the Democratic candidate in a legislative district in Pocatello said he will repay the $92.

News > Pacific NW

Idaho County accepts big federal dollars

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 12, 2022

Oct. 12—GRANGEVILLE — Idaho County has grudgingly accepted the largest grant of any county in the state from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund payment to counties. The Idaho County commissioners announced Tuesday that the county has received more than $5.1 million per year for the next two years — by far the largest grant in the state. According ...

News > Business

Heavily GOP Idaho county urges voters to use absentee ballots, gets some negative replies

Sun., Oct. 9, 2022

Ahead of the November midterm election, the Canyon County Elections Office is telling the county’s overwhelming red, Trump-friendly voters — not a single Democrat has filed to run for county office — to request and vote absentee to avoid potentially long lines at the polls on Election Day.

News > Nation/World

Mike Crapo may have the safest seat in the Senate, but four challengers want to give Idaho voters a choice

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 9, 2022

WASHINGTON – Since Mike Crapo was first elected to represent Idaho in the U.S. Senate in 1998, he has never faced a serious challenge. While he appears likely to coast to a fifth term in office in the Nov. 8 election, four challengers hope an unusual set of circumstances give them an opening for an upset.

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University of Idaho: Academic freedom policy, birth control access haven’t changed

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 5, 2022

The University of Idaho clarified Wednesday that no university policies have been changed or added relating to a state abortion law, and that students’ access to contraceptives remains the same. In a statement sent to students and employees, the university’s president and provost responded to a memo the university’s Office of General Counsel sent last month that warned employees against ...

News > Pacific NW

Candidates for Idaho attorney general discuss abortion ban

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 4, 2022

Candidates for Idaho attorney general on Monday debated the role of the office, one arguing the state’s top attorney should be an aggressive litigator, the other advocating for a mediator between lawmakers who can deter costly lawsuits.

News > Pacific NW

A new justice at the U.S. Supreme Court, and an Idaho wetlands case up first

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 30, 2022

When the U.S. Supreme Court opens its fall term on Monday, a few things will be different.

News > Pacific NW

Former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger appeals rape conviction to Idaho Supreme Court

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 27, 2022

Former state Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger has filed an appeal regarding his rape conviction to the Idaho Supreme Court.

News > Pacific NW

Tribal law enforcement boosted under bill proposed by members of Congress from the West

Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers re-introduced legislation Thursday to provide more resources for tribal law enforcement, an issue they say has become more urgent as Congress begins to consider how to respond to a July Supreme Court case that complicated state-tribal criminal jurisdiction.

News > Pacific NW

Idaho panel: Book-banning push is coordinated, national effort

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

BOISE – Recent pushes to ban books in Idaho schools and libraries are part of a coordinated national effort, experts on a panel convened by the City Club of Boise told an audience of more than 100 at the Idaho State Museum on Friday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Nepotism partly behind $150,000 in misused funds in Mason County fire district, Auditor finds

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Three people in Mason County's Fire District No. 12 have been found to have misused public funds and other money, totaling about $165,000 since 2017.

News > Pacific NW

Idaho incumbents ducking debates, challengers say

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Career politicians Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher are refusing to debate their opponents because they cannot defend the extreme positions they have taken, say Wendy Norman and Kaylee Peterson.

News > Pacific NW

Idaho voters to decide whether Legislature can call itself back into session

Sun., Sept. 18, 2022

The Idaho Legislature would be able to call itself back into session if voters approve a proposed amendment to the Idaho Constitution that appears on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.

News > Idaho

Ammon Bundy calls judge ‘wicked’ after Idaho man is found guilty of crime, gets jail time

Sat., Sept. 17, 2022

An Idaho man who protested outside a former Central District Health board member’s home was sentenced to roughly six months in jail Thursday.

News > Pacific NW

Idaho GOP drops lawsuit against Bonneville County Republican Central Committee

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 16, 2022

The lawsuit that former Idaho Republican Party Chairman Tom Luna filed against the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee in May has been dismissed.

News > Idaho

Long COVID is costing Idaho thousands of full-time workers, data suggest

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 12, 2022

An estimated 7.8% to 10.5% of all Idaho adults were suffering from the aftereffects of COVID-19 infections this summer, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

News > Nation

‘Rewards the rich’: Idaho Gov. Brad Little among governors opposing Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 12, 2022

Idaho Gov. Brad Little is one of 22 governors across the country to sign a letter to President Joe Biden opposing his plan to forgive a portion of student loan debt, saying the plan will encourage more student borrowing, incentivize higher tuition rates and exacerbate inflation.

News > Pacific NW

New government tool shows Idaho and other states’ climate-related risks, projections

Sat., Sept. 10, 2022

The White House unveiled a new website Thursday intended to provide local and state governments and businesses with information about climate-driven events and data, including real-time information about droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat.

News > Pacific NW

Idaho Legislature asks federal court to reconsider abortion ruling

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 9, 2022

The Idaho Legislature is asking District Judge B. Lynn Winmill to amend the order partially blocking Idaho’s abortion trigger ban or vacate the order entirely, according to a motion filed by attorneys for the Legislature on Wednesday night.

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‘It’s like I’m a ghost’: Boise City Council member says she’s not included in housing talks

Idaho legislative candidate returns haircut expenditures after campaign finance complaint

Idaho County accepts big federal dollars

Heavily GOP Idaho county urges voters to use absentee ballots, gets some negative replies

Mike Crapo may have the safest seat in the Senate, but four challengers want to give Idaho voters a choice

University of Idaho: Academic freedom policy, birth control access haven’t changed

Candidates for Idaho attorney general discuss abortion ban

A new justice at the U.S. Supreme Court, and an Idaho wetlands case up first

Former Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger appeals rape conviction to Idaho Supreme Court

Tribal law enforcement boosted under bill proposed by members of Congress from the West

Idaho panel: Book-banning push is coordinated, national effort

Nepotism partly behind $150,000 in misused funds in Mason County fire district, Auditor finds

Idaho incumbents ducking debates, challengers say

Idaho voters to decide whether Legislature can call itself back into session

Ammon Bundy calls judge ‘wicked’ after Idaho man is found guilty of crime, gets jail time

Idaho GOP drops lawsuit against Bonneville County Republican Central Committee

Long COVID is costing Idaho thousands of full-time workers, data suggest

‘Rewards the rich’: Idaho Gov. Brad Little among governors opposing Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

New government tool shows Idaho and other states’ climate-related risks, projections

Idaho Legislature asks federal court to reconsider abortion ruling

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