Raul Labrador

The Department of Justice dismissed a Biden-era lawsuit challenging Idaho’s strict abortion ban. St. Luke’s, the state's largest health care provider, anticipated the dismissal and brought its own, similar suit against Idaho’s Attorney General. On Wednesday, it asked a judge for an injunction while the case proceeds through the courts.

The attorney general, the secretary of state and the head of the Division of Financial Management are being sued for the way they wrote the ballot titles on a 2026 ballot initiative seeking to restore abortion rights in Idaho.

Not long after Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador came into office in 2023, one of his attorneys resigned and got a payout of his unused vacation; he then came back to the office just one business day later.

The State Attorney General responded to a new lawsuit brought against him this week. Fearing the incoming Trump administration might dismiss a similar case currently making its way through the courts. St Luke's Health System is asking for a preliminary injunction preventing the law from applying to emergency providers.

The Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing in Idaho have made it clear they will not investigate physicians for referring patients to out-of-state abortions.

This week saw the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rule in two different cases that stem from Idaho's abortion laws.

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.

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.

Ruling clears way for Prop 1 ballot initiative to go up for a vote Nov. 5 in the general election.

A federal judge issued an injunction blocking the state of Idaho from enforcing House Bill 668, a law banning the use of public funds to provide gender-affirming care.