Idaho’s First District Congressman Russ Fulcher has joined as a co-sponsor of federal legislation that would require law enforcement agencies at the federal level to obtain a judicial warrant before tapping into surveillance data held by state and local governments. What the Bill Does The measure, H.R. 9716 — formally titled the Protecting Rights in […]

Idaho sends nearly 40 percent of its total foreign exports to Canada, making the U.S.-Canada trade dispute that took effect August 22 a more immediate economic concern for the Gem State than for most others. With billions in two-way trade now subject to new tariffs, Idaho businesses and agriculture producers face rising costs and uncertain […]

Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) is pressing for greater federal resources to address the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis, leveraging his position as chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee overseeing Interior and related agencies to direct additional funding toward tribal communities. Simpson’s Role and the Budget Push Simpson chairs the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies […]

Idaho’s potato industry received a significant boost this month when the U.S. House passed a fiscal year 2027 agriculture spending bill that includes $5 million for a potato research facility in Aberdeen, Idaho — funding secured by Rep. Mike Simpson through the Community Project Funding process. The money is directed to the USDA Agricultural Research […]

The contest to fill retiring U.S. Senator Jim Risch’s Idaho seat has produced a striking pattern of contradictory polling, with multiple surveys of the same race yielding significantly different pictures of where the candidates stand. Risch, who has held the seat since 2009, announced he would not seek another term, setting off one of the […]

Idaho Republican Congressman Mike Simpson recorded 20 roll call votes in the U.S. House during a five-day stretch spanning May 14 through May 21, according to his official congressional voting record. What Simpson Voted On The votes covered a range of legislation and procedural matters. Simpson supported passage of several bills, including H.R. 1000, H.R. […]

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) issued a statement Friday urging passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, as the Senate prepares to begin formal consideration of the legislation on September 15. The Clarity Act would establish a federal framework governing digital assets, with the stated goals of protecting consumers and investors, deterring bad actors, […]

U.S. Representative Mike Simpson is defending a proposal to site a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus at Idaho National Laboratory, arguing that Idaho’s long history as the nation’s nuclear research leader makes it the natural home for new technologies aimed at reducing and recycling used nuclear fuel. Idaho’s Nuclear Roots Idaho National Laboratory has served as […]

A bipartisan bill co-authored by Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo cleared a key Senate hurdle Wednesday, with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously advancing the measure aimed at cutting through government red tape that has long slowed efforts to account for missing American military personnel. The legislation, formally designated S. 3226 and titled […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is pressing Congress to close a gap in federal law that prevents states from pursuing Medicaid beneficiaries who fraudulently enroll in the program. Labrador co-led a multi-state letter urging passage of the STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act, which would expand the scope of what state investigators are legally permitted to […]

Nearly 100 Idaho National Guard soldiers have been stationed in Washington, D.C. since at least February, a deployment that was never publicly announced by state officials — and which is now drawing political scrutiny after a D.C. resident filed a $3 million legal claim against the Guard over a May incident at her home. A […]

David Roth’s decision to abandon his Democratic bid for Idaho’s U.S. Senate seat has reshaped the race, potentially consolidating anti-incumbent support behind independent Todd Achilles as he mounts a long-shot challenge to Republican Sen. Jim Risch. Roth Steps Aside Roth announced Tuesday he was ending his campaign, framing the move as a strategic choice rather […]