Coeur d'Alene Press5d
Medicaid expansion advocates gather at Idaho Capitol
Advocates for Medicaid expansion gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to call on lawmakers to protect the program amid proposals to eliminate it.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News5d
Advocates urge lawmakers to protect Medicaid expansion
Critics of Medicaid expansion — including Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, who this year has proposed its repeal — argue that costs to maintain the program have exceeded initial estimates. In spite of ...
Tennessee's immigration law: From criminalizing support for sanctuary cities to new IDs, what GOP-backed bill does
The bill seeks to criminalize local officials who support sanctuary policies for immigrants along with other measures in an ...
The end of voting by mail in Utah? Lawmakers advance two controversial election reform bills.
Two controversial election reform bills crammed into one committee hearing passed Tuesday amid concerns from local elections ...
Idaho Capital Sun1d
Book publishers, authors, Donnelly Public Library sue Idaho officials over library materials law
National book publishers, authors, the Donnelly Public Library, parents and students sued officials to block Idaho's library ...
Tennessee House sends immigration bill to Gov. Bill Lee's desk, ACLU preparing to challenge it
A controversial immigration bill passed the Tennessee House Wednesday, sending it to Governor Bill Lee's desk. However, the ...
Idaho bill allowing law enforcement to engage in immigration heads to House floor
A bill meant to regulate unauthorized immigration in Idaho is headed to the Idaho House floor.
Idaho State Journal1d
New Idaho bill would exempt small sellers from having to obtain sales tax permit
Idahoans who sell less than $5,000 a per year worth of items in a nonbusiness setting would be exempt from having to obtain a ...
Coeur d'Alene Press2d
Bill to limit absentee ballots introduced in Idaho House committee
Rep. Joe Alfieri, R-Coeur d’Alene, told the Idaho House State Affairs Committee the bill’s purpose is to prevent fraud.
Idaho private school voucher bill barely clears Senate committee. A Democrat supported it
Separate from partisan politics, separate from vouchers, as a special education teacher, I have to take efforts like that seriously,” said Sen. Carrie Semmelroth, D-Boise.
Boise State Public Radio2d
Firing squad execution bill clears Idaho House committee
House lawmakers will soon decide whether to ditch lethal injection as the state’s primary execution method in favor of the ...
Two new Idaho bills would curtail path voter initiatives take to ballot — and after, too
Idaho Republicans propose multiple restrictions on ballot initiatives, including allowing governor vetoes and requiring ...