The Supreme Court on Thursday handed a temporary victory to the Biden administration in its second abortion battle of the current term, putting parts of Idaho’s abortion law back on hold. The justices decided that two cases dealing with the relationship between Idaho’s abortion ban and a federal law regarding emergency medical treatment for pregnant […]
Officials believe a man likely drowned in the Payette River over the weekend, making him the third person to die in the river since May 24. Boise County Sheriff Scott Turner said two men from Eagle were jumping into the river off rocks and a bridge on Friday evening when one of them was swept […]
President Joe Biden handily won Idaho’s Democratic presidential caucus Thursday, sweeping away a field of five other little-known candidates. The 81-year-old president seeking a second term has already secured enough delegates to win the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August and will likely face former President Donald Trump in November. Idaho’s […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Democrats will caucus across the state Thursday to select their nominee for the White House, giving President Joe Biden more delegates after he already clinched his party’s 2024 nomination. Caucusgoers also will elect delegates pledged to the nominee for the state convention, which will be held on June 22. The […]
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded back into the battle over abortion access during arguments in a case pitting Idaho’s strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care. The justices are hearing an appeal by Idaho officials of […]
Apr. 5—The overall population of elk in Idaho’s Game Management Unit 14 is up slightly compared to a survey conducted in 2022. Last winter, biologists from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game surveyed the unit that stretches from Cottonwood to Riggins and estimated a population of 3,732 elk and a robust 39 calves for […]
Potatoes might be reclassified as a grain, but not if Idaho’s senators have their way. U.S. Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, along with a bipartisan group of 12 other senators, have called on the departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services to keep the potato classified as a vegetable. Their letter concerns the […]
New research is shaking up what we know about Idaho earthquakes and the faults that cause them as scientists try to better understand the state’s seismic activity. The magnitude 6.5 earthquake that rattled Boise and other parts of Southern Idaho in March 2020 has for years been attributed to the Sawtooth Fault in Central Idaho. […]
Mar. 2—The top portion of this article was inadvertently omitted from Saturday’s print edition because of a Daily News error. Here is the full article. A two-week candidate filing period begins Monday for various state, federal and county political offices in Idaho and the deadline for voters to change their party affiliation is looming. All […]
Over two days, a packed hearing room watched a House committee consider a resolution that gives lawmakers authority to take legal action against the University of Idaho over its arranged purchase of the University of Phoenix, a private online university. This week’s hearings follow a striking memo from an attorney for the Legislature last week […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — When life cancels your primary, have a caucus. That’s what Idaho Republicans will do this Saturday when they gather in meetings across the state to help pick their party’s presidential nominee. State legislators originally hoped to save money by consolidating the March 12 presidential primary with their May 21 primary for state […]
A federal appeals court has allowed gender-affirming health care for transgender children to continue while a lawsuit against Idaho’s ban on hormone treatments makes its way through court. Two transgender minors and their parents sued the state less than two months after Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 71 into law, making it a felony […]