Idaho Capitol

Each year the Idaho State Capitol displays the work of watercolorists from all over the state, inviting the public to take a peak into a wonderful world of expression.

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.

In the shadow of escalating violence across the nation, the subject of possible attacks, particularly with weapons, was part of a June 3 discussion at the Idaho Capitol.

After addressing thousands of Idahoans at a rally that supports keeping abortion legal after a leaked draft from the U.S. Supreme Court, Idaho family medicine physician Dr. Caitlin Gustafson said she was impressed, but not overly surprised at the turnout.

Idaho’s redistricting commissioners met again Wednesday at the Idaho Capitol to recast their votes on proposed legislative maps.

In the wake of a rash of COVID-19 infections at the Statehouse, triggering an historic pause of the Idaho Legislature, lawmakers return to Boise this week…

Anna Wiese loves politics and history, so it was a shock when the 11-year-old girl found an important exhibit lost in a corner of the Idaho Capital. The…

After being stuffed in a neglected corner of the Idaho Capitol where staff was the main audience, an exhibit on the state’s first women legislators is…

Liam Neupert is a junior at One Stone school in Boise and helped to coordinate the Idaho Youth Climate Strike Friday morning. For several weeks now, he’s…

A three-term Idaho congressman laid in state at the capitol in Boise the morning of November 20 before a final sendoff later in the day.From 1969 to 1975,…