Idaho

Republican Idaho legislative leaders announced Thursday they formed the Idaho Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE Task Force.

Hawk Sahlein installed 12 solar panels onto his Boise home in December 2023 with the hopes that it would build equity onto his home and promote clean energy.

A 40-year-old Twin Falls resident with a criminal history who’s facing deportation could soon be stateless, with no legal right to be anywhere. Binod Shah first came to the U.S. as a refugee, fleeing ethnic cleansing in his home country. He moved to Twin Falls in 2008 and could now be forced to leave his wife and 9-month-old son after he turned himself into Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

High Mountain Smoke Shop operated in Boise for the past five years.Last month, a Boise police officer walked into the store to inform Cody Denton — who managed High Mountain for his mother, the owner — that in the eyes of law enforcement, 85% of the store’s products were illegal in Idaho.

When Mario Pile arrived at the University of Idaho’s Moscow campus in early 2022, the school’s Black students were struggling. The few Black undergraduates on campus were dropping out at high rates, unable to cope with frequent racist harassment, he said.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill on Friday approving a budget increase for the state’s new Office of the State Public Defender.

Within seconds of arriving on the scene, police officers in eastern Idaho shot a teenager whose family says is nonverbal and autistic as he stepped toward authorities with a knife from behind a chain-link fence, a witness’s video shows.

A 47-year-old Challis man, charged with three felonies — including assault with intent to murder — after an armed incident at his home last spring when he fired a gun at two other city residents was acquitted on the charges after a Custer County jury said he acted in self-defense. Curtis Lee Caton, a U.S. Forest Service employee at the time, was held at the Lemhi County Jail for nearly a year ...

As the Idaho Legislature ended the 2025 legislative session on Friday, lawmakers quickly passed a reworked version of a so-called medical freedom bill.

The National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency, has abruptly cut funding for humanities projects in Idaho.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill to prevent unauthorized immigrants in Idaho from accessing publicly funded assistance.

Blue Cross of Idaho is laying off over 100 employees in the coming months.

The Idaho Legislature this week approved an additional portion of Idaho Medicaid’s budget, sending the bill to Gov. Brad Little for final consideration.