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President Donald Trump wants to sharply curtail mail ballots. He’s called them “inherently corrupt” and baselessly condemned them as a major source of fraud. But with Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is now urging his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can, including by…
WASHINGTON — Democrats expect they’ll gain a majority of seats in the U.S. House following November’s midterm elections, giving the party a platform to serve as a check on the president’s power. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene said during an interview Monday that curbing the war in Iran…
Two Idaho political action committees, or PACS, on both sides of the proposed abortion rights initiative, Proposition 1, have spent $1.3 million combined, and raised nearly $7.5 million total. The ballot measure’s supporters have outpaced its opponents in both fundraising and spending so far. So far, the main PAC…
With a little less than a month left until the 2026 midterm election, here’s how Idaho voters can start preparing. This election, statewide offices including the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state superintendent, state controller and state treasurer; congressional seats in the U.S. House and…
When two mental health clinic owners in Idaho set out to restore critical services for people with severe mental illness, they faced an uphill battle. The Idaho Legislature was gearing up for across-the-board budget cuts. But Laura Scuri and Ric Boyce armed lawmakers with information and data — and spent time talking…
A proposed Canadian oil pipeline to a supertanker terminal at the Port of Vancouver in British Columbia is raising hackles among Washington state’s political leaders. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday designated the West Coast Oil Pipeline, now known as the Pacific Link, as a project of national…
Jobs across the United States rose by 29,000 in September, a disappointing result as recent growth was also revised down in Friday’s monthly jobs report, the last one before midterm elections. September growth was a large dip from a strong August number that was revised down from 162,000 to 133,000 in the new report…
A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months. At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services joined the handful…
Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels, according to a new report from the government watchdog group OpenSecrets. Prediction market platforms say they are like commodity markets that…
As the Nov. 3 general election nears, rumors have cropped up that a never-used, 1917 Idaho state law could be used to circumvent the race for U.S. Senate. The campaign for incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch strongly denied these rumors. The more-than-a-century-old law states that if a U.S. senator from Idaho…
All Republican statewide candidates running for re-election in November’s general election hold a fundraising lead over their challengers, online state campaign finance reports show. Incumbent GOP Gov. Brad Little has raised the most campaign money of any statewide candidate in 2026. Through Wednesday afternoon…
Two days after a grand jury indicted a former Idaho state government employee on two felony counts of misuse of public funds, a local judge dismissed the case — after a request from the prosecutor. The case marked the first criminal charges — and a rare public update — to emerge from a yearslong investigation
The lakes, rivers and tributaries of Lake Pend Oreille and Priest Lake are magnificent resources, and many in Idaho consider Priest Lake to be Idaho’s “Crown Jewel.” Priest Lake is fed by remote cold-water tributaries, reaching into Canada, and the lake has dense forests and wetland ecosystems, with an abundance of…
Two former Republican attorneys general in Idaho — along with dozens of former lawyers at the office — on Thursday endorsed the Democratic challenger in the race for the state’s top attorney. Lori Hickman, who’s trying to unseat Republican Attorney General Raúl Labrador, said she wishes the race was nonpartisan. The…
The director of the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife this week authorized the “incremental” killing of wolves in southeastern Washington with a goal to stop attacks on livestock. Agency officials could not say how many wolves would be killed, but said other nonlethal measures would not be appropriate for the…
WASHINGTON — A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Judge Todd E. Edelman wrote in his ruling that “the observed damage to the Reflecting Pool was due to a contractor’s ‘rushed…
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators departed Capitol Hill on Wednesday night for their campaign break, leaving numerous policy disputes unresolved. The chamber won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could be the final…
An incumbent Boise state representative who lives in a competitive legislative district has raised the most money of any candidate for the Idaho Legislature in 2026, online state campaign finance records show. Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, has raised $212,580.79 as of Tuesday afternoon. Although Republicans control a…
Three out of four candidates running to represent Idaho in the U.S. Senate discussed their differing approaches on tariffs, military actions, immigration, and more Wednesday night in Caldwell. The race’s incumbent, Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, declined to participate. Independents Todd Achilles and Natalie Fleming…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal elections and limiting stock trading for members of Congress. The Republican-led bill, titled the Stop Insider…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber following the elections, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump, including for any possible vacancies on the Supreme Court. “Look, the bottom line is, one of…
Many Idaho residents recently received a fundraising appeal in the mail from U.S. Vice President JD Vance to support Idaho’s longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch in his campaign for reelection, claiming Democrats were “prepared to pour millions of dollars into Idaho” to defeat the incumbent in what Vance said is an…
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New York to invalidate the so-called “shield laws” that have allowed providers in those states to send abortion medication…
Two candidates will vie for the position to manage Idaho’s cash flow and investments, and they offer differing views on how to do so. Incumbent Republican Treasurer Julie Ellsworth will face Democratic challenger Kevin Jones in the Nov. 3 general election. Jones, although running as a Democrat, believes the position…
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. The Trump administration recently moved the funds into a U.S. Customs and…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog’s decision contends the White House budget office doesn’t hold the ability to claw back…
This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Sept. 28, 2026. Idaho school districts will ask voters for more than $307 million this November election. But none of that is for bonds. Still, the requests nearly double the $159 million on the ballot last fall — and the $183 million from May. That’s due, in
WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from entering the White House grounds earlier this month have asked a federal judge to ensure their reporters continue to have access after a temporary restraining order expires in early October. Attorneys for CNN, MS Now and Politico filed…
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate. The bill — which sailed through on a 77-22 vote — would set a national framework for college athletes’ compensation, provide certain antitrust protections to the NCAA…
ALBANY — Pet tinctures and topicals are the most popular products sold at Oregon CBD Company, a small business located at the junction of the Willamette Valley town’s busiest roads. Pet owners use them to treat their pets’ anxiety or pain — and in some cases they use similar products to treat their own. Those
Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of a three-part Idaho Capital Sun series examining a proposal to bring a new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus to Idaho. Part one focused on Gov. Brad Little’s role in negotiations and his priorities for Idaho. Part two focused on Idaho state legislators who…
An Idaho judge dismissed a lawsuit from a Boise daycare and parents that sought to block enforcement of a state law that bans daycares from requiring vaccines or medical treatment. The lawsuit claimed that the Idaho Medical Freedom Act was unconstitutionally vague, arguing its language bans a range of routine health…
Ahead of the 2026 general election, Idaho election officials mailed out hundreds of thousands of informational pamphlets to households across the state. The state’s official voter pamphlet has already started to arrive at some households, the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office announced. The voter pamphlet includes…
A new data center campus could soon be coming to federal land near Hermiston in eastern Oregon. It would be the first in Oregon sited on federal public land, and one of at least 12 proposed for more than 17,500 Bureau of Land Management acres across western states under President Donald Trump’s July 2025 executive
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday asked President Donald Trump for tens of millions of dollars in federal aid to help communities recover from devastating wildfires this summer. Across the state, 649 primary residences were destroyed, mostly in Spokane County, according to the governor’s office. More than 2,500…
The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week before the midterms. The rapid emergence of the technology has sparked a host of policy debates, with some warning of an…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. The $810 million in the “pocket rescission” would have gone to refugee assistance programs at the Department of Health and Human…
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a three-part Idaho Capital Sun series examining a proposal to bring a new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus to Idaho. Part one focused on Gov. Brad Little’s role in negotiations and his priorities for Idaho and is available online. The series concludes Tuesday with a…
The Leauge of Women Voters of Idaho will work in partnership with other local groups to host public forums for Idahoans to hear from candidates in the state’s U.S. Senate race and governor’s race. The league, along with the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce, the College of Idaho and the local American Association of…
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog’s report also raised…
Utah Valley University on Friday released a report detailing the findings of an independent, external review of the fatal shooting that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk on its campus about a year ago. That review — commissioned by the university and conducted by a team of law enforcement and security…
WASHINGTON — An appeals panel Friday seemed inclined to agree that more than 100 Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to a brutal prison in El Salvador are entitled to due process hearings to challenge their removal, which was made under an archaic 18th-century wartime law. Arguing on behalf of the class of…
For more than 35 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has surveyed American high school students every two years about their health and behavior. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, established in 1991, draws a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9 through 12 at public and private…
Oregon lawmakers took action earlier this year to regulate the use of an increasingly bipartisan focus of anti-surveillance advocates nationwide: Flock cameras. Now, they could be on the verge of outlawing the technology altogether. The push for more legislation in 2027 comes as reports of the technology’s misuse have…
As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in those states navigate legal risks for themselves and medical challenges for their high-risk patients…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for rapid third-country deportations of noncitizens to continue, after an appeals court blocked the policy last week. In a brief, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the high court to temporarily halt the…
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a three-part Idaho Capital Sun series examining the proposal to bring a new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus to Idaho. Part one focuses on Gov. Brad Little’s role in negotiations and his priorities for Idaho. The series continues Monday and Tuesday with a closer look…
As the state works to reshape how it provides Medicaid services, Idaho state lawmakers are hoping to prioritize timely healthcare provider payments and prior authorizations, and recipients are hoping to improve coordination among services. Legislators on the Medicaid Review Panel heard updates Thursday on the process…
U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn is calling for the suspension of President Donald Trump’s initiative allowing more foreign beef into the U.S. and for congressional oversight of future beef import decisions from the executive branch. Nunn announced a bipartisan bill Wednesday, with Democratic Rep. Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico, aimed…
EVANSTON, Wyoming—Yellowstone National Park’s last original wolf pack, Mollie’s Pack, emerged unscathed from a hunting season that opened last week and has already closed, Wyoming wildlife officials announced Monday. Dan Smith, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department interim deputy director, provided the update, allaying…
The Montana Department of Transportation wants to improve wildlife crossings along U.S. Highway 89, near Dome Mountain in Park County. The state announced on Monday it was launching a feasibility study into wildlife fencing and two different wildlife overpasses along the highway. “This section of U.S. 89 serves as an…
WASHINGTON — Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in numerous U.S. communities. The nonpartisan Government…
WASHINGTON — U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly early Thursday issued an order that temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s ban of three news organizations from the White House. Kelly, in the eight-page order, said that the White House must “immediately return, reinstate, and restore the White House ‘hard…
Correction: This story was corrected at 2:08 p.m. on Sept. 24 to clarify the Idaho Innocence Project’s role in Charles Fain’s case. The Idaho Innocence Project helped secure Fain’s certificate of innocence and identify the true perpetrator, but was not involved in his original exoneration. Charles Fain says his three…
September is Hunger Action Month and a time to learn more about the challenges facing some of our neighbors. We know that hunger is a growing issue in Idaho, especially as the cost of groceries continues to take up a significant share of many households’ monthly budgets. Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap report…
A group of rural Idaho hospital leaders, state officials and tribal representatives met for the first time Wednesday to oversee the process of awarding nearly $190 million in federal rural health grants. The Idaho Rural Health Transformation Program Implementation Task Force received an update on the state’s…
Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, even as Congress debates slowing down major cuts to federal food stamps. New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows more than 330,000 Americans lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP…
Oregon’s second largest investor-owned electric utility could soon directly assign the costs of new energy projects and infrastructure needed for data centers to data center operators. Pacific Power last week agreed to the deal following months of negotiations with staff of the Oregon Public Utility Commission, the…
This story was first published by KFF Health News on Sept. 22, 2026. Joshua and Ashley Durham run a family medicine practice, and for the first time in their lives, they have no health insurance. When the Durhams began their practice at the end of 2023 — he as a primary care physician and she
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places her future in doubt, three years after she killed her three children…
A panel of federal appeals judges will soon decide whether to continue to allow full enforcement of Idaho’s abortion bans, or to allow a lower court’s previous ruling that provided more exemptions to the law. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw, Marsha Berzon and Consuelo Callahan…
A new gathering aims to bring together policymakers, students and the public to discuss the U.S. Constitution’s protections for free speech and encourage civil discourse. The inaugural Idaho Free Speech Summit will take place on Oct. 13 in Boise through the partnership of the Secretary of State’s Office, the…
The state’s average price for regular gasoline jumped 10 cents overnight to $4.96 per gallon, while drivers in Boise and Idaho Falls are seeing average prices that are 17 and 16 cents higher than Monday, respectively. Idaho’s average for regular gas is 10 cents more than a day ago, 14 cents more than a week
SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Washington seeking the state’s voter rolls, in line with many rulings across the country. This marks the 25th case that the U.S. Department of Justice has lost in its push to access sensitive voter information. The…
More than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are harmful, and about 4 in 10 have been exposed to the false idea that hormones in contraceptives limit your ability to get pregnant in the future, according to a new survey. The survey by KFF,
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faces a “big decision” to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate” the country, he told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. During a 37-minute speech to his international counterparts including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in New York City, Trump asked, “Will a deal…
WASHINGTON — Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to staggering levels in the United States and across the globe. Already House Republicans locked in tight races as
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individuals and industries may kill endangered animals in the course of logging projects, developments and other activities, it…
For nearly three years, the Idaho Advanced Energy Consortium has partnered with the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Environmental Coalition, colleges and universities, and dozens of industry organizations across Idaho and the greater region. We’ve done this because Idaho is one of the only places in the country with…
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery may move forward with a merger under the conditions that they boost film production, support displaced workers and preserve competition among cable channels over the next five years, 12 Democratic-led states and the attorneys representing the companies agreed in a court settlement…
A federal judge ordered immigration officials to release 24 individuals being unlawfully held in Cascade County, some for more than six weeks, Upper Seven Law announced in a news release. Upper Seven Litigation Director Molly Danahy said in a statement those people will be allowed to return to their families. “In…
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements. The broad tax and spending law that President Donald Trump signed last summer, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, established work, school or community service requirements for…
WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump has barred from entering the White House filed a lawsuit against the administration on Monday. CNN, MS Now and Politico wrote in a joint statement the suit is intended “to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the…
With less than two months before the 2026 midterm elections, election officials across Idaho mailed the first round of mail-in ballots to voters who are overseas or who requested absentee ballots locally. The finalization of ballots in Idaho follows after a weekslong crunch to change contested language for an abortion…
Neighbors across the Colville Tribes communities in Washington state knew Matilda Bob’s log home as the “rainbow house,” for its brightly painted exterior. Now it’s gone. Sparked by a lightning strike in mid-July, the Kaiser Canyon Fire destroyed Bob’s home and 42 other houses on the Colville Reservation, along with…
Women giving birth in rural communities were more likely than peers in urban areas to receive oral opioid prescriptions for pain upon leaving the hospital after a cesarean section, according to a new analysis of data from half a million C-sections. The study was conducted by researchers at Truveta, a health data and…
Here’s something that you should not pass up. The Kuna Lions (my club) is sponsoring health screening for vision, hearing and diabetes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 10 at Kuna’s community center. The vision and hearing screening will be conducted by Envision, and Terry Reilly Health Services will be doing the diabetes…
Oregon has one of the largest gaps in the country between its highway and bridge maintenance needs and what it spends on addressing them, according to a national study. Oregon is falling behind on transportation maintenance, with the state transportation department facing a $200 million shortfall in the 2027-29 budget…
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Friday struck down the Trump administration’s policy to quickly send noncitizens to countries they are not from, finding that immigrants must have an opportunity to challenge their removal if they fear for their safety. The decision largely upheld a Boston federal judge’s February…
A date that Pacific Northwest train riders and advocates have long awaited is finally nigh. Amtrak’s sleek, amenity-packed new trains will debut on the Cascades intercity route on Sept. 30. Amtrak leaders previewed the launch of commercial service of the “Airo” fleet in an event streamed live on YouTube Thursday…
WASHINGTON — The rare 2026 issue that draws huge support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress is the same one that’s mobilized many Americans: restrictions on giant data centers. The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation forcing state regulators to consider requirements that data centers absorb the cost of…
WASHINGTON — A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s midterm elections. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the…
Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. The Trump administration, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, argues that states don’t have…
Wildfire is no longer a seasonal surprise across the Mountain West. It is a recurring fiscal challenge that threatens communities, public lands, infrastructure, air quality, and state budgets. As Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington confront increasingly costly fire seasons, policymakers should rethink not only how…
An Idaho judge on Thursday ordered a Boise minister who was found guilty of misdemeanor trespass during a political protest to pay $357 in fines — but not serve more jail time. The Rev. Sara LaWall, the minister for the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, and eight others who were protesting bills restricting…
The Constitution Party candidate in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District election has pleaded guilty to possessing “child sexually exploitative material.” He is still eligible for office under the U.S. Constitution. Brendan Gomez, 27, was arrested in early July by Ada County Sheriff’s Office detectives at a home in…
The southeastern Idaho city of Lava Hot Springs will serve as the host of Idaho’s next “Capital for a Day” event on Tuesday. Capital for a Day events feature Gov. Brad Little and many of the state’s agency directors traveling to smaller communities throughout Idaho. During the events, the governor and agency heads…
As Flock cameras’ makers aim to surf a wave of controversy, Utah lawmakers are preparing a bill proposal to strengthen privacy guardrails on automated license plate readers months ahead of the legislative session. The question isn’t whether the state should allow the cameras on its roads, said Sen. Calvin Musselman…
Within a few hours of a social media post showing a license plate recognition camera installation in the parking lot of a big box store in Kalispell, hundreds of people had commented in the local community group. Many comments expressed concern or outrage at the camera installation, with many suggesting vandalism…
In January, as Idaho state lawmakers prepared for budget cuts, the state’s governor laid out a list of options for Medicaid decreases. One of them called to cut a set of programs that help people with disabilities live in their homes. In the end, lawmakers only adopted a more narrow cut to disability care. But
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it’s helping manufacturers increase the supply of estrogen-based hormonal patches and acknowledged a current nationwide shortage as more women seek hormonal therapies for symptoms related to menopause. In a release earlier this month, the FDA said it is expediting actions to…
A growing number of states are making an equal split between parents the default child custody option in divorce cases. Louisiana and Mississippi this year joined at least five other states that have adopted the so-called 50-50 standard — four of them since 2021, as more legislators rework divorce-related laws that…
Montana has filed to dismiss its lawsuit against the federal government which challenged the National Park Service’s bison management plan in Yellowstone National Park. The case, filed in Billings federal court in late 2024, argued that park officials intentionally cut the state out of management plans and ignored the…
Calling Charlie Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University “entirely preventable,” his family says he wouldn’t have been shot and killed last year had the university put in place tighter security protocols. Attorneys representing Kirk’s family made the allegations in a notice of claim dated Sept. 9, marking the first time…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven by soaring gas and fuel oil prices while the war in Iran drags on. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to increase its benchmark interest…
WASHINGTON — As the November midterms approach, vulnerable U.S. House Republicans voted late Tuesday to require congressional approval for President Donald Trump to continue his war in Iran. Seven Republicans broke ranks and joined all Democrats to pass a War Powers Resolution sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, a…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House departed Wednesday for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district work period” is intended to give incumbents from both political parties time to meet with constituents and fundraise back home before voting…
Idaho revenue exceeded the state’s forecast for the month of August by $37.5 million, marking the second consecutive month in the new fiscal year where revenue beat projections, according to a new state report. Through the first two months of fiscal year 2027, which began July 1, Idaho’s revenue collections have come…
Correction: This story was corrected at 9 a.m., Sept. 16 to reflect that women state prison inmates are not sent out of state due to a shortage of beds. They are sent to county jails. If a woman incarcerated at the South Idaho Correctional Institution in Kuna has a dentist appointment, she has to walk through
Author’s note: This is the second part of a four-part story on the looming extinction of wild Chinook salmon in Idaho’s iconic wilderness river, the Middle Fork Salmon River. The first part details the Middle Fork’s terrible salmon returns of the last decade, which if continued will result in their extinction in our…