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Idaho lawmakers pass a bill to prevent minors from leaving the state for abortion

The first of its kind in the country, the Idaho legislature has passed a bill allowing criminal charges for those who help a minor get an abortion out of state. The bill now goes to Gov. Brad Little.

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Idaho is the latest state to permit execution by firing squad

Four other states — Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and South Carolina — also currently permit executions by firing squad, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.

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Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable

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Gov. Brad Little signs bill to let Idaho execute inmates by firing squad

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho could begin executing death row inmates by firing squad as early as this summer after Gov. Brad Little joined a wave of Republican support to use the method when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

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Idaho bill to execute inmates by firing squad clears Legislature, heads to governor

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is poised to become the fifth U.S. state to approve prisoner executions by firing squad after the proposed law cleared the Legislature on Monday on its way to the governor’s desk.

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Idaho lawmakers move forward with bills limiting ways to vote. Students push back

BOISE, Idaho — A new prohibition on the use of student IDs to vote has already attracted two lawsuits, just two days after Gov. Brad Little signed the bill into law.

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Lawmakers approve $1 million for University of Idaho costs that stemmed from killings

BOISE, Idaho — The University of Idaho will receive $1 million in state funds to cover costs related to the killings of four students in Moscow last year.

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Idaho firing squad bill forms friction between attorney general, prison officials

BOISE, Idaho — A concerted push to allow Idaho to use a firing squad for inmate executions left out a key collaborator — the agency charged with carrying out the state’s death sentences.

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Phil Batt, onion farmer who rose to Idaho governor, dies

Former Idaho Governor Phil Batt died at home on Saturday

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‘He was a titan in Idaho politics’: Former Idaho Gov. Phil Batt dies

BOISE, Idaho — Longtime Idaho politician Phil Batt, who served as governor from 1995 to 1999, died Saturday on his 96th birthday, according to a statement from Gov. Brad Little.

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Idaho joins Texas lawsuit over new federal clean-water rules

Idaho has joined a Texas lawsuit against the Biden administration's waterway protections, claiming the rules are too vague and violate state sovereignty rights

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Idaho could pursue executions by firing squad. Here’s how much it would cost

BOISE, Idaho — The cost of implementing a bill that seeks to make the firing squad Idaho’s backup execution method has more than doubled since it was last reviewed by the state prisons system, according to a spokesperson for the agency.

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Idaho grizzly bears near Yellowstone could lose endangered species protections

BOISE, Idaho — One day after Idaho officials threatened to sue the federal government for failing to respond to petitions to remove grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act protections, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will move forward with reconsidering the bears’ position — though it won’t consider…

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little pledged $1 million to assist investigation into slain college students. Where’s it going?

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little last month pledged $1 million in state funding to assist the investigation into the homicides of four University of Idaho students in Moscow. A local official said the funding is sorely needed but has yet to materialize for the city.

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Idaho cancels execution because of failure to obtain lethal drugs

The state is no longer planning to execute Gerard Pizzuto on December 15

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Execution of Idaho death row inmate delayed after state unable to obtain lethal injection drugs

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s first execution in more than a decade, scheduled next month for death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto, was postponed Wednesday after the state prison system acknowledged that it has been unable to obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs.

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Campaign to extend Idaho's western border gains more Oregon support

BOISE, Idaho — Two more eastern Oregon counties appeared to join the growing, long-shot campaign to extend Idaho’s western border to add their region to the state, initial midterm election returns indicated.

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little wins a second term against challengers, AP projects

BOISE, Idaho — The Associated Press projected Tuesday night that Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little has earned another term.

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Incumbent Idaho Republican Gov. Little looks for 2nd term

Idaho Gov. Brad Little faces a Democratic challenger who has been all but invisible and an antigovernment independent candidate who has failed to gain much traction

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Idaho a step closer to having largest research dairy in US

The University of Idaho's plan to build the nation’s largest research dairy and experimental farm has cleared a big hurdle

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Checks and Balances: September 2022

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Idaho support for LGBTQ rights grew after same-sex marriage became legal. What happened?

BOISE, Idaho — A Jan. 29, 2015, public hearing at the Idaho Capitol seemed like a turning point for LGBTQ rights in the state.

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Danny Westneat: The story of the $1,200 cab ride straight out of Idaho

Last month, when one of Idaho's many new anti-abortion laws was being challenged in court, the governor tried to declare that the issue was over.

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Reclaim Idaho withdraws Proposition 1 from the ballot; Idaho legislature sends an advisory question on income and corporate taxes and education funding to voters

On Sept. 7, Reclaim Idaho withdrew Proposition 1 from the November ballot after the state Legislature passed House Bill 1 (HB 1) during its special legislative session on Sept. 1.

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States tapping historic surpluses for tax cuts and rebates

State governments flush with money are returning billions of dollars to their residents

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