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 […]

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture has detected quagga mussels in the Snake River near Twin Falls for the fourth consecutive year, though officials say the infestation is significantly smaller than in previous years — down 77% compared to 2025 — and a new round of chemical treatments is already underway. What Was Found As […]

The organization behind Idaho’s Proposition 1 abortion rights initiative filed suit Wednesday night against state officials in the Idaho Supreme Court, arguing that the proposed ballot language is misleading and could confuse voters ahead of the November election. Idahoans United for Women and Families named Secretary of State Phil McGrane and Attorney General Raúl Labrador […]

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 […]

Bannock County Coroner Torey Danner pushed back this week against a legal challenge from a local funeral home, saying that cremation authorizations were withheld not out of delay or negligence, but because the funeral home failed to submit required identification paperwork. Cornelison Funeral Home filed an Emergency Consolidated Petition for Writ of Mandamus against Danner, […]

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 […]

Oklahoma voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine voter identification requirements in state law while decisively rejecting a separate measure that would have reshaped how the state reimburses counties for manufacturing tax exemptions. Voter ID Amendment Passes Comfortably State Question 846, which adds voter ID requirements to the Oklahoma Constitution, passed with more […]

Idaho education officials have launched a review of the state’s public school funding formula, kicking off what could be the most significant restructuring effort since the current framework took shape in 1994 — a span of more than 32 years without meaningful updates. Work on revising the formula began earlier this year, responding to longstanding […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has secured a $29.6 million settlement with pharmaceutical company Glenmark tied to allegations of a drug price conspiracy, the attorney general’s office announced. The settlement represents one of the larger pharmaceutical enforcement actions involving Idaho in recent years. Drug pricing conspiracies typically involve agreements among manufacturers or distributors to artificially […]

A former Idaho state senator brought an ambitious tax proposal to North Idaho last week, arguing before a small crowd in Post Falls that the state should phase out property taxes entirely — a move he says would restore genuine private ownership for Idaho residents. Scott Herndon, who previously represented a North Idaho district in […]

The Idaho State Tax Commission has declined to release detailed data about the state’s new private school tax-credit program after receiving at least seven public records requests on the subject between February and July — frustrating researchers, journalists, and a former school administrator who sought basic information about where the money is going. What’s Being […]

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 […]