2026 Legislature

Idaho’s continued drop in tax collections has the state facing a projected budget deficit – and a looming constitutional problem.

A law that requires parental consent for almost all medical treatments provided to minors has been affecting children’s access to care in many ways – including the ability to call the Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline.

Idaho’s legislative budget committee is digging into nearly 20 years of the state’s past budgets to better weed out unessential expenses.

Officials in Idaho are drafting legislation to improve the state’s last-in-the-nation reputation when it comes to autopsies and death investigations.

Owners of around 67,000 parcels in Idaho forestlands could soon have to pay more for state fire prevention services in the coming years.