Currently, the state’s primary method of carrying out the death penalty is lethal injection, and the firing squad is to be used if the chemicals for lethal injection cannot be obtained.

Idaho has not carried out any executions by firing squads and a facility for such executions needs to be built. It is among the states that have turned to alternative methods after struggling to ...

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

A Wednesday morning hearing turned into a two-hour debate about Christian scripture, morality, tax benefits, states’ rights, and the implications of forbidding same-sex couples from marrying — a right ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will join Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and some GOP governors in directing U.S. flags be raised to full height on Inauguration Day.

Idaho is bringing back the firing squad. Lethal injection has been the legally specified method. But shortages of the ...

Dozens of individuals walked out of the Idaho House State Affairs Committee in protest of House Joint Memorial 1 on Jan. 22, ...

The legislature in Idaho has moved to make firing squads the primary form of execution for prisoners on death row, citing ...

Little’s announcement came on the heals of House Speaker Mike Johnson ordering that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day. Johnson’s directive paused a 30-day ...

Many local officials in rural areas oppose school vouchers. Some state lawmakers from those areas back Gov. Bill Lee's plan.