Latest Idaho state government News

Federal appeals court upholds block of Idaho transgender athletes law

Aug. 17, 2023 19:06 PM EDT

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a decision blocking Idaho's first-in-the-nation ban on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judge's preliminary injunction against the 2020 law, which would...

Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers' attention, and they have a lot of questions

Aug. 05, 2023 00:25 AM EDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they're often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector. Legislators are seeking ways to protect constituents...

Idaho health care providers can refer patients for abortions out of state, federal judge rules

Aug. 01, 2023 21:14 PM EDT

A federal judge has ruled that it would violate Idaho medical providers' free speech rights to sanction them for referring patients to out-of-state abortion services, rejecting the state attorney general’s interpretation of Idaho’s abortion ban. Idaho's law makes it illegal to...

How Trump is gaining an advantage in the nitty-gritty battle for delegates

Jul. 24, 2023 12:22 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Set aside the polls, the fundraising numbers or Donald Trump’s name recognition as metrics of his early dominance of the Republican presidential contest. He has what could prove to be the most important advantage in the race: a leg up in winning the delegates needed to clinch...

Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized

Jul. 05, 2023 06:25 AM EDT

STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside Los Angeles — the newly-retired Los Angeles police officer flew a U.S. flag and a...