Lawsuit

On Friday, a Louisiana court ruled mifepristone, a drug used in about 60% of abortions nationwide, could only be prescribed in person, preventing it from being sent by mail to patients. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked the law from going into effect for one week. How does this back and forth affect access for patients in Idaho?

Boise County is asking the state attorney general for help in investigating allegations against its own officials. The accusations include interfering in a law enforcement investigation, violating open meeting laws, electioneering and misuse of public funds.

A lawsuit alleges Boise County Commissioner Lindy Lindstrom and two other men assaulted a woman and her children while they were recreating along the Main Payette River last summer.

The Boise School District has received five tort claims seeking more than $100 million in damages involving a former elementary school special education assistant.

The 9th circuit court of appeals heard arguments in Pasadena, California Tuesday in a lawsuit brought against the state of Idaho by the federal government. The case centers around whether or not the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act or EMTALA conflicts with Idaho’s abortion ban.

A lawsuit against Boise and its former police chief will cost six times more in legal fees than originally expected.

A group of lawyers on behalf of private Idaho schools, privately-funded public libraries, parents and their children have sued Idaho officials in federal court to stop the enforcement of House Bill 710, a law that codified the process libraries must follow if a patron were to deem a material harmful to children.

They alleged negligence, accusing the entities of “placing their economic returns above the lives of pilots using the Burley Airport.”

According to an opinion by Attorney General Raúl Labrador, the No Public Funds for Abortion Act does not prohibit professors from speaking about abortions.

Six professors and two faculty unions are suing Idaho for its No Public Funds for Abortion Act, which they say violates their First Amendment rights.