A federal judge in Idaho has significantly narrowed a previous ruling that had blocked enforcement of the state’s near-total abortion ban, limiting its protection to just one physician — a move driven by recent U.S. Supreme Court guidance restricting broad judicial injunctions. The Ruling U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued the narrowed decision Tuesday, […]

Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to a $17.1 billion multistate settlement over allegations that it deliberately designed its platforms to addict minors, with Idaho set to receive between $89.2 million and $127.7 million from the deal. The settlement, announced Wednesday, involves 47 states and the District of Columbia. Payments will be distributed […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced Thursday that his office is appealing a federal district court ruling that carved out exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban for cases involving the mother’s health or the risk of death from self-harm. Labrador is simultaneously asking the federal appeals court to block the lower court’s decision while […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has appealed a federal court ruling that blocked enforcement of portions of the state’s near-total abortion ban, simultaneously asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to pause the decision while the case moves forward. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill had ruled that the 14th Amendment shields a right […]

A federal judge in Idaho issued an 81-page ruling Thursday that expands the circumstances under which abortions may be legally performed in the state, allowing the procedure when a pregnancy poses serious risks to the mother’s physical or mental health — including cases where a woman faces a high risk of self-harm. U.S. District Court […]

Justice Robyn Brody will become chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court on Oct. 1, the Idaho Judicial Branch announced Thursday. She succeeds Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan, who is set to retire Oct. 30 after leading the court since 2021. A Historic Appointment Brody will be only the second woman to hold the chief […]

Federal authorities have charged three people from different states with making threats against a judge, a witness, and other officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old Mississippi man whose body was recovered following a July Fourth boat trip to an uninhabited island off the state’s Gulf Coast. None […]

Idaho’s Judicial Branch on Tuesday launched a new court records search interface at county courthouses statewide, giving the public a more accessible way to look up case information and hearing details without needing a party name or case number to get started. Statewide Rollout All 44 county courthouses in Idaho now have at least one […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador responded Sunday to a petition for post-conviction relief filed by Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted in the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, saying his office is prepared to ensure justice is upheld. Kohberger’s petition seeks to reopen the case surrounding the killings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, […]

A federal judge in Billings has refused to put a consolidated lawsuit challenging the National Park Service’s bison management practices on hold, allowing the case to move forward against a 2024 bison management plan covering the Greater Yellowstone Area. The U.S. District Court denied the federal government’s request to pause the litigation, which was brought […]

A federal lawsuit filed by two of Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmates is challenging the state’s newly enacted firing squad execution law on constitutional grounds, while an advocacy group has taken its opposition directly to the public with a billboard campaign in Boise. The Lawsuit Thomas Creech and Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr. filed suit against […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office submitted closing briefs this week in Seyb v. Members of the Idaho Board of Medicine, a federal lawsuit challenging Idaho’s Defense of Life Act and marking the latest courtroom battle over the state’s abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling. The Case The lawsuit was brought […]