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The fee to obtain a four-year driver’s license for seniors age 63 and older would go down by $5 if a new bill introduced...
01/14/2025

The fee to obtain a four-year driver’s license for seniors age 63 and older would go down by $5 if a new bill introduced Tuesday afternoon in the Idaho Legislature is passed into law.

The fee for seniors to obtain a four-year driver's license would go down by $5 if a new bill in the Idaho Legislature is passed into law

The first instance of being discovered as unauthorized by law enforcement would result in a misdemeanor charge, and a se...
01/14/2025

The first instance of being discovered as unauthorized by law enforcement would result in a misdemeanor charge, and a second occurrence would lead to a felony charge and deportation, according to the bill.

Rep. Jaron Crane introduced a bill in an Idaho House committee that replicates a Texas state law creating a new crime called illegal entry.

In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters in several states, incl...
01/14/2025

In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters in several states, including deeply red ones such as Alaska and Missouri, chose in November to significantly increase their minimum wages this year.

The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour. In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters in several states, including deeply red ones such as Alaska and Missouri...

COMMENTARY | The most significant land conservation act in American history started on a raft trip down the Middle Fork ...
01/14/2025

COMMENTARY | The most significant land conservation act in American history started on a raft trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, writes guest columnist Rocky Barker.

Newly reelected Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus invited President Jimmy Carter to raft the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, writes Rocky Barker.

Lenney told the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee the bill puts lawsuits on hold if a party files an anti-SLAPP motio...
01/13/2025

Lenney told the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee the bill puts lawsuits on hold if a party files an anti-SLAPP motion, allows the winning party to recover attorney fees and includes automatic penalties for people filing SLAPP lawsuits.

The Idaho Senate killed a similar bill, Senate Bill 1325, last year after legislators were concerned about the anti-SLAPP bill's legality.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote the extra 48 hours was meant to give the Office of Government Ethics a bit more time to wrap up...
01/13/2025

Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote the extra 48 hours was meant to give the Office of Government Ethics a bit more time to wrap up its work, but cautioned the agency should work quickly.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee postponed the confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, Doug Burgum.

A number of conservative politicians and Republican-led states filed briefs in support of the suit, including Idaho.
01/13/2025

A number of conservative politicians and Republican-led states filed briefs in support of the suit, including Idaho.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Utah’s public lands lawsuit, where the state argued it should take over federally controlled land.

The sensitive data of millions of American adults and children have been compromised after hackers targeted California-b...
01/13/2025

The sensitive data of millions of American adults and children have been compromised after hackers targeted California-based education software company PowerSchool, the company confirmed.

The data of millions of American adults and children have been compromised after hackers targeted the education software company PowerSchool.

A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via tel...
01/13/2025

A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand abortion access.

A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth.

COMMENTARY | In contrast to the interesting hydrothermal activity at the national park, the year was seismically calm, w...
01/13/2025

COMMENTARY | In contrast to the interesting hydrothermal activity at the national park, the year was seismically calm, writes guest columnist Michael Poland.

In contrast to the interesting hydrothermal activity at Yellowstone National Park, 2024 was seismically calm, writes Michael Poland.

Disability Rights Idaho wrote in a public comment that Idaho’s waiver amendment to end the program “fails to provide suf...
01/13/2025

Disability Rights Idaho wrote in a public comment that Idaho’s waiver amendment to end the program “fails to provide sufficient assurances on how Idaho Medicaid will meet its obligation under Federal Medicaid law to assist families impacted by this program change and ensure a continuum of care.”

Citing fraud, Idaho health officials seek to end family caregiver program. But families worry scarce direct care workforce can't fill in.

In an effort to help Idahoans follow major bills through the legislative process, the Idaho Capital Sun will begin to pr...
01/11/2025

In an effort to help Idahoans follow major bills 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.

The Idaho Capital Sun’s legislative notebook is a weekly rundown of major pieces of legislation making their way through the 2025 session.

JFAC also accepted a report Friday from the Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee that projected $6.4 billio...
01/10/2025

JFAC also accepted a report Friday from the Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee that projected $6.4 billion in state revenue will be available for next year’s budget.

The action is expected to pick up considerably next week as the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee sets maintenance budgets.

A jury convicted him in May on 34 felonies for falsifying invoices, checks and ledger entries that amounted to a $130,00...
01/10/2025

A jury convicted him in May on 34 felonies for falsifying invoices, checks and ledger entries that amounted to a $130,000 reimbursement to his lawyer for paying off a p**n star ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case just days before his inauguration.

A federal district court judge in Kentucky has struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students ...
01/10/2025

A federal district court judge in Kentucky has struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX, ruling the U.S. Department of Education violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use transgender students’ names and pronouns.

A federal district court judge in Kentucky has struck down President Joe Biden’s effort to protect transgender students and make other changes to Title IX, ruling the U.S. Department of Education violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use transgender students’ names and pronouns. The r...

The study compared “net population outflows” between states with abortion bans to 25 states that either maintained or pr...
01/10/2025

The study compared “net population outflows” between states with abortion bans to 25 states that either maintained or protected abortion access following the Supreme Court decision.

The study tracked population shifts in 13 states, including Idaho, that enacted abortion bans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Congress approved Idaho’s second federal district judgeship in 1954, when Idaho’s population was around 600,000 people.
01/10/2025

Congress approved Idaho’s second federal district judgeship in 1954, when Idaho’s population was around 600,000 people.

Idaho's population has almost tripled since Congress approved the state's second federal district judgeship in 1954.

COMMENTARY | What is most sad about Little’s decision is that he was on his way to being one of the greatest public-scho...
01/10/2025

COMMENTARY | What is most sad about Little’s decision is that he was on his way to being one of the greatest public-school governors in state history, writes guest columnist Rod Gramer.

One can only feel sadness and regret over Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s decision to support a bill that will provide taxpayer support to private and religious schools. By doing so, Little will be the first governor in the 134-year history of Idaho to openly and knowingly violate the Idaho Constitution....

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