Idaho’s Democratic nominees for governor and state superintendent of public instruction are taking their campaigns to eastern Idaho this weekend, scheduling back-to-back public events in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. Terri Pickens, the Democratic candidate for governor, and Dr. Becky Sundin Mitchell, running for state superintendent of public instruction, will appear together at both stops. The […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has joined a coalition of 49 attorneys general urging the Federal Communications Commission to close loopholes that allow scammers to flood Americans’ phones with illegal robocalls — a problem that cost consumers an estimated $2 billion last year. A Shifting Threat For years, scammers relied on illegal “spoofing” — disguising […]

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 […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has joined a nearly nationwide coalition of state and territorial attorneys general calling on federal regulators to close loopholes that allow scammers to weaponize legitimate phone numbers for robocalls and fraudulent text messages. The coalition — spanning 48 states and territories — filed a formal request with the Federal Communications […]

A retired Air Force major general who once called herself a Republican is mounting an independent bid for Idaho’s First Congressional District, taking on four-term incumbent Rep. Russ Fulcher in what would be an exceptionally rare upset if successful. Sarah Zabel, who moved to Idaho in 2020 after a three-decade military career and subsequent work […]

A campaign finance concern is drawing renewed attention in Idaho and beyond: so-called “pop-up” political action committees that form late in an election cycle, spend heavily, and dissolve quickly — leaving voters with little information about who actually funded the effort until the ballots are long counted. The structure exploits a gap between disclosure timelines […]

John Stegner, a retired Idaho Supreme Court justice with 25 years on the bench, formally launched an independent campaign for Idaho governor on Tuesday, positioning himself as an alternative to a field that already includes incumbent Republican Gov. Brad Little and several other challengers. A Judicial Career Turned Campaign Stegner’s path to the courtroom began […]

Idaho Republican Party delegates voted at their state convention to update the party platform to call for the complete elimination of property taxes, setting up a potential major policy debate heading into the next legislative session. The move reflects growing momentum among conservative activists to end a levy that many view as fundamentally at odds […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that children born on American soil to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the country are citizens at birth, delivering a setback to Idaho’s attorney general and two dozen other Republican attorneys general who had urged the justices to restrict birthright citizenship. Background: A Day-One Executive Order […]

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Juliet Charron says a major federal grant program aimed at rural healthcare infrastructure could deliver benefits well beyond hospital walls — potentially reshaping small-town economies across the state. “It’s really more than healthcare. I think it’s going to be an economic opportunity for some of our smaller communities,” […]

Maine’s Democratic Party is fracturing around its newly nominated U.S. Senate candidate after a woman accused Graham Platner of sexual assault, triggering a wave of withdrawn endorsements and calls from national party leaders for him to exit the race before a looming legal deadline. The Allegation and Platner’s Response Platner, 41, won the Democratic nomination […]

Graham Platner, who won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate just last month, is now facing a sexual assault accusation from a woman he previously dated — a development that has thrown his candidacy into uncertainty and prompted state party officials to weigh their options before a fast-approaching deadline. The Accusation The accuser, a […]