Idaho Legislature

The House State Affairs Committee overwhelmingly passed a resolution asking the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 Obergefell vs. Hodges decision, which gave same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide. It's now headed to the House floor,

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

Now that the 2025 legislative session has kicked off Idaho Matters is taking a look at what's in store for the Gem States economy.

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

The legislative session is kicking off with new faces and new challenges. Idaho Matters takes a look at the top issues lawmakers will be tackling and how they could shape our future.

“I would not leave education to be a legislator. I am a legislator because I’m an educator.”

“Immigration is going to be at the forefront this year. Idaho ... we rely on agriculture and we rely on our foreign-born people that work in that field."

In the two years following Idaho's near-total abortion ban, a new coalition has formed, taking action to put an important piece of legislation on the 2026 ballot, which would reinstate access to abortion care in the state.

After 21 years leading state government accountability work that has spurred policy reform, Rakesh Mohan retires

“In Idaho… the anti-abortion movement has chosen to give authority to a very small, very narrow kind of conservative Christianity,”