Idaho News

Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including an update on the petition to dissolve the Meridian Library District, a look at property tax relief and a breakdown of the higher education budget passed by the Idaho House.

Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including why Ada County delicined a request for funds to help pay for emergency housing, an update on the Lori and Chad Daybell murder case and a look at the latest bill targeting 'obscene' materials in libraries.

A program that gave federal coronavirus grant money to groups and schools in Idaho is under scrutiny from state lawmakers and the Idaho Attorney General.

Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including a new bill that could provide $500 million in property tax relief to Idaho residents and a possible update to the states liquor licensing system.

Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including an update on the Daybell case, a new bill that could restrict minors from attending drag shows and some insight into why the Idaho Legislature wants to bring the firing squad back.

A committee that studies maternal mortality found that over a three year period 26 Idaho moms died while pregnant or in the year after they gave birth. And all those deaths could have been prevented.

The next few months promise to be busier than usual at Boise City Hall. The city will be hiring a new director of the Office of Police Accountability and Boise will need to fill two empty seats on the City Council.

In 1905, Idaho lawmakers asked an architectural firm to draw the plans for the state’s new capitol building. The company drew the floor plans, sketches, drawings and specifications for the central part of what became the Idaho statehouse. Now more than 100 of those original drawings and paintings, still held by Hummel Architects, are being donated to the Idaho State Archives.

Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including an update on the two vacant seats on the Boise City Council, a look at the proposed Albertsons-Kroger merger and the latest news on the house where four U of I students were killed last year.

Idaho Matters takes a look at the news that made headlines this week, including a new bill criminalizing health care for trans youth, a petition to dissolve the Meridian Library District and some alarming warming trends in the Mountain West.