Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is urging community development lenders across the state to move quickly after federal grant application materials became available Tuesday for two key lending programs. The Office of Management and Budget released Notices of Funding Availability for the Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) and Small Dollar Loan (SDL) programs housed within the CDFI […]

A wave of new Idaho laws took effect July 1, 2026, touching everything from how cities zone residential neighborhoods to how social media platforms handle children’s accounts — and making Idaho the first state in the nation to designate the firing squad as its primary method of execution. The changes come out of a 2026 […]

The Trump administration has sharply narrowed the definition of “medically frail” under new Medicaid work requirements, forcing states to implement stricter eligibility standards by January 2027 that healthcare advocates and Democratic-led states say will create administrative chaos and strip coverage from vulnerable populations. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published interim guidelines on June […]

The mayor of Spencer, Idaho is facing felony insurance fraud charges after a preliminary hearing this week resulted in his case being bound over to district court, where he will stand trial on allegations that he submitted false documents to inflate the value of a damaged boat during an insurance claim. Who Is Involved David […]

Idaho will receive $49.6 million in Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2026, with 44 local governments across the state benefiting from the annual federal allocation announced Tuesday by U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch. PILT payments compensate counties and municipalities for the presence of federal lands within their borders that cannot […]

Governor Brad Little announced a series of state government appointments on Tuesday, highlighted by the selection of a long-tenured Idaho official to lead the Idaho Transportation Department. New Transportation Director Alberto Gonzalez will take over as ITD Director effective this month, succeeding Scott Stokes, who is retiring from the role. Gonzalez brings roughly 30 years […]

Deployable Energy’s Unity reactor achieved criticality at Idaho National Laboratory on Tuesday, marking the third advanced reactor to reach the milestone within a single month and fulfilling a key objective in the Trump administration’s nuclear energy agenda. The achievement came as the Department of Energy announced the reactor’s operational status. Two of the three advanced […]

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson issued a statement Monday welcoming the Supreme Court’s formal rulings in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., calling the decisions a landmark moment for female athletes nationwide. “Today is a historic day for female athletes in America,” Simpson said. The second-district congressman added, “Men have no place in women’s […]

A Custer County judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Idaho businessman and federal official Michael Boren on Friday, ruling that the case had sat dormant too long under state court rules and that Boren’s legal team had no valid excuse for the delay. The Ruling Judge Darren Simpson ordered the dismissal after finding that […]

More than 350 laws passed by the Idaho Legislature during the 2026 session take effect Tuesday, July 1, making this the most productive legislative year in at least five years in terms of bills signed into law. The new statutes span a broad range of policy areas, including execution methods, housing policy, protections for children […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined officials from four Treasure Valley cities Monday to alert residents about a fraud scheme targeting people who have applied for planning and zoning permits, warning that scammers are sending convincing fake invoices designed to extract quick payments. How the Scam Works Criminals are pulling public records from municipal planning […]

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and more than 90 Republican colleagues in Congress have filed an amicus brief in support of Louisiana’s lawsuit challenging federal regulations governing chemical abortion drugs, with the filing landing on Sunday, June 29. The Lawsuit and the Brief Louisiana Attorney General Murrill filed the underlying lawsuit in October 2025 on behalf […]