Idaho’s Death Row is down to nine offenders, one woman and eight men, now that Gene Francis Stuart has had his sentence reduced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Stuart pleaded guilty to murder by torture in the 1981 beating death of…
Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot today endorsed Republican Marco Rubio for president and said he plans to raise money for the Florida senator's presidential bid. VanderSloot told the Associated Press he believes Rubio is “the brightest of the bunch." VanderSloot was one of Mitt Romney’s national...
A councilman-elect in the central Idaho city of Bellevue will not be sworn in, as he says he was not seeking office. The Idaho Mountain Express reports Tyler Peterson filed for the office, but meant to withdraw...
The House Judiciary Committee today approved bipartisan legislation to reform federal sentencing laws that’s co-sponsored by Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador. The measure, H.R. 3713, dubbed the Sentencing Reform Act of 2015, reduces some mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, including cutting a “three strikes”...
Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador is in an escalating battle with a reporter for Breitbart News, Politico reports today, with the congressman calling the reporter “not truthful” and the news outlet calling the congressman a “liar.” At the monthly "Conversations with Conservatives” session that Labrador and…
A publishing company that operates under the name “The Idaho Travel Council” has reached a settlement with Attorney General Lawrence Wasden over allegedly misrepresenting itself as affiliated with the Idaho Department of Commerce and other state agencies. The group agreed to disclose on its website…
Environmental groups filed lawsuits Tuesday in Idaho and Washington, D.C., seeking to force federal officials to reveal reasons behind allowing a wolf- and coyote-shooting contest in parts of Idaho, the AP reports. The lawsuits contend the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is violating the Freedom…
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