Idaho

Gov. Brad Little has signed the Legislature’s anti-transgender bathroom bill into law, making it a crime to use a restroom or changing room that doesn’t align with a person’s sex at birth. The law, which will apply to government-owned buildings and places of public accommodation, makes it a misdemeanor if someone “knowingly and willfully” uses such a restroom. A second offense within five ...

Idaho lawmakers got what some of them have been wanting to do since 2025: The city of Boise took its Pride flag down. Idaho legislators first passed a law in 2025 preventing the state and local governments from flying most flags. During debate, supporters shared photos of Boise’s flag as an example of what they hoped the law would target, according to previous Statesman reporting. But the law ...

An Idaho Department of Fish and Game commissioner has been charged with multiple game violations after alleged involvement in illegally killing two bull elk in the region he represents, according to court records. Upper Snake Region Commissioner Brody Harshbarger was charged March 6 with seven misdemeanor violations: three counts of unlawful taking of game animals, one count of hunting without ...

Most Idaho legislators agree: Housing in the Gem State is too expensive. They just don’t see eye-to-eye on what, if anything, state government should do about it.

BOISE – A court case challenging Idaho’s abortion bans under the U.S. Constitution will go to trial in June, where a Boise maternal-fetal medicine specialist hopes to win a carve-out in the state’s restrictive laws for abortion when the health of the mother is at risk.

The Legislature on Thursday approved millions of dollars in cuts to Idaho’s colleges and universities for next fiscal year.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday signed sweeping budget cuts into law for the current fiscal year, delivering a win to hardliners in his own party who have pushed this session for shrinking the size of Idaho’s government.

Workplace discrimination complaints filed with the Idaho Human Rights Commission have more than doubled in three years, according to the agency’s latest annual report. Pam Howland, attorney and founder of Idaho Employment Lawyers, a law firm that specializes in employment litigation, attributed the jump to increasingly polarized workplaces, rapid population growth and shifting federal ...

In 2020, the Idaho State Legislature officially recognized Idaho Women’s Day, a day to honor women of the Gem State. This year’s celebration on Saturday afternoon marked six years of the tradition and centered on the theme of courage. The Southwest Idaho National Organization for Women Strong holds the gathering each year, bringing speakers, artists and community together in front of the Idaho ...

Last week, one of Meredith Sievers’ patients missed an appointment.

A woman from Idaho has been named president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Kim Brackett, a longtime Southern Idaho resident, is the third rancher from the Gem State and the third woman to be elected NCBA president since it the organization was founded in 1989. It serves as the oldest and largest national trade association for cattle farmers and ranchers across the U.S. On ...

After two days of at-times emotional public testimony, Idaho lawmakers narrowly voted down a proposal to expand on a “medical freedom” bill Gov. Brad Little signed into law in 2025.

An Idaho lawmaker wants to revamp a state process for investigating legislators’ possible ethics violations — with a proposal that would pull much of the process out of the public eye.