Bonneville County Sheriff Samuel Hulse told Idaho lawmakers last Thursday that local agencies should not be required to enter formal partnerships with federal immigration authorities, arguing that such decisions belong to elected sheriffs answerable to their own communities. Hulse, who also serves as president of the Idaho Sheriffs’ Association, testified before the Legislature’s Committee on […]

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 […]