2024 Legislative Session

A recent legal settlement with tobacco companies potentially could add millions in new funding for Idaho’s youth drug prevention efforts. Lawmakers are just beginning to sketch out specifics.

The Boise Public Library Board of Trustees reviewed and quickly denied a request to move a version of the Holy Bible to an adult’s only section, the first such request under Idaho legislation that took effect on July 1.

Democrats across Idaho marked the first day of July with a protest. Nearly 100 people gathered at the downtown Boise library to push back against a new law restricting children’s access to books.

In a post legislative press conference with reporters Thursday, Gov. Brad Little said “it would be nice” to have clarity on Idaho’s strict abortion laws that healthcare organizations accuse of causing doctors to flee the state.

Idaho’s longest serving House Democrat, Sue Chew, has died at 66 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.

Gov. Brad Little has signed legislation restricting which books a minor can access at public and private libraries in Idaho one year after vetoing a similar bill.

Gov. Brad Little has signed several bills shortly before lawmakers return to Boise Wednesday in the hopes of gaveling out for the year.

After weeks of behind-the-scenes talks, delays and, at times, testy debates, state senators narrowly signed off on a bill simultaneously funding the Idaho Transportation Department and blocking the sale of the agency’s Boise campus.

Physicians, hospitals and Idaho’s top medical associations are sounding the alarm on the state’s OBGYN crisis, saying the state’s strict abortion bans are causing confusion among healthcare professionals and leading to staff shortages.

Gov. Brad Little must now act on a bill that would force Idaho’s libraries to move any book to an adult’s-only section within 60 days of receiving a written complaint or face a lawsuit.