ID Government

Eleven months after Idaho failed to execute a prisoner for the first time ever using lethal injection, Republican lawmakers have their targets set on adopting a firing squad as the state’s primary execution method.

Without any debate in opposition, the Idaho Senate voted Monday to confirm Alex Adams’ appointment as the director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

In an effort to help Idahoans follow major bills, resolutions and memorials through the legislative process, the Idaho Capital Sun will produce a “legislative notebook” at the end of each week to gather information in one place that concerns major happenings in the Legislature and other news relating to state government. Here is a look at Week 2 of the legislative session. 

As wildfires spread across homes in Southern California, Idaho Gov. Brad Little said the state of Idaho is working to prevent similar devastation from happening in Idaho.

Saying that pay for Idaho district judges ranks 48th out of 53 states and territories, Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan asked Idaho legislators to increase salaries for judges Wednesday.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little stopped in Hayden Monday to tout his funding proposals for the 2026 budget first unveiled in his State of the State address last week.

In an effort to help Idahoans follow major bills, resolutions and memorials through the legislative process, the Idaho Capital Sun will begin to produce a “legislative notebook” at the end of each week to gather information in one place that concerns major happenings in the Legislature and state government.

In our Reality Check stories, Idaho Statesman journalists seek to hold the powerful accountable and find answers to critical questions in our community. Read more. Story idea? Tips@idahostatesman.com. Their votes were standard procedure, for the sake of decorum and longer-term strategy. But they jarred some reliable constituents, and prompted reflections about Democratic tactics in deep-red ...

Weeks after President Joe Biden vetoed a federal judge expansion bill, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, introduced legislation to add a third Idaho federal district court judge.

Possessing marijuana in Idaho could soon be punishable by a minimum $300 fine.

A group of Idaho lawmakers hopes to make it harder to pass citizen-led ballot initiatives, kicking off what is likely to be a protracted fight over the rights residents have to enact legislation on their own. The bill from Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, would raise the threshold to pass a ballot initiative to 60% from its current simple majority requirement. It has eleven other co-sponsors. The ...

An Idaho House committee will consider a formal statement asking the U.S. Supreme Court to end same-sex marriage nationwide and allow the state to restore its ban on such unions.

Bonner County issued an apology Tuesday to a resident who commissioners trespassed from public meetings early last year.

WASHINGTON – When President-elect Donald Trump takes the helm of the U.S. government in January, he’ll face a more complex world than he did at the start of his first term, but he’ll also have an ally atop the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.