ID Government

Idahoans elected to state or federal offices – including the Idaho Legislature – would be banned from simultaneously serving in elected city, school or highway district positions, under a bill state lawmakers advanced to the House on Friday.

A House committee chamber at the Idaho State Capitol was so packed early Tuesday morning that the officer standing guard had to turn people away. Dozens had descended upon the hearing room to testify on yet another proposal to curtail spending on the state’s Medicaid expansion program. The newest bill, sponsored by Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, represented an effort to compromise on the ...

A bill that sought to end no-excuse absentee voting for most Idahoans failed to advance out of the Idaho Legislature’s House State Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little will soon have the final say over whether a bill prohibiting government and school mask mandates to fight the spread of infectious disease will become law.

Lawmakers made stark warnings Friday about out-of-state money in Idaho elections. Last year’s election cycle saw “unprecedented” amounts of out-of-state campaign spending, Senate Majority Leader Kelly Anthon, R-Burley, said at a press conference. Large expenditures focused on attack ads and — this legislative session — on introducing bills that “were not going to go anywhere and (would) jam up ...

BOISE – Idaho families who choose alternative schooling could soon have access to thousands in taxpayer dollars for their education expenses, opening state coffers to students outside of public schools like never before.

A bill seeking to protect the identity of sources who provide journalists with confidential information or documents is advancing to the Idaho House of Representatives for consideration.