Lawmakers

An Idaho citizens commission voted to close a loophole through which longtime state lawmakers who work briefly in high-paying state jobs at the end of their careers get full lifetime pensions as if they'd been full-time state employees all along.

Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has vetoed legislation that would have removed the state's long-standing reading test for young students from being tied to teachers' pay raises.

An Idaho House panel has advanced a proposal that would remove mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking cases.

An eastern Idaho lawmaker has introduced legislation allowing health insurance carriers to offer non-Obamacare approved plans, while also imposing new requirements for Medicaid recipients.

A northern Idaho lawmaker told students affiliated with Planned Parenthood he would call law enforcement officials if they attempted to visit his office at the Capitol.

Idaho House lawmakers spent several hours exchanging insults, accusations and heated remarks before ultimately advancing a sweeping $200 million tax cut plan

The House has approved a Republican bill making it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines

A group of Idaho lawmakers working to tighten the state's campaign finance laws says political candidates should no longer be exempt from disclosing their financial assets.

An Idaho Supreme Court ruling has the state's top legislative leaders scrambling to prepare for a 2018 session unlike any other in the Gem State's recent history

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Five Idaho lawmakers have asked House Speaker Scott Bedke to remove them from their committee assignments until Rep. Heather Scott is reassigned to her legislative panels. Republican Reps.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers are considering a set of rule changes that would strengthen a community approach to the state's mental health treatment for children.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers are considering a set of rule changes that would strengthen a community approach to the state's mental health treatment for children.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For the second time in nearly two decades, 31 members of Idaho's state lawmakers are women. On Election Day, Idaho voters picked the 31 female lawmakers to hold legislative offices across the state.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers spent more than $136,000 on travel during the 2016 legislative session.

BOISE (KLIX) – Keeping the federal government out of Idaho’s health insurance decisions is a good thing, Pat Kelly, executive director of Your Idaho Health, told lawmakers on Tuesday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers will meet to discuss last week's Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul. The July 30 meeting of a Senate-House health care task force was added to the Legislature's calendar this week after the 5-4 decision that Obama's reforms were legal...

Lawmakers are making another run at banning texting while driving after legislation in past sessions stalled. The Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday voted to consider making texting while driving an infraction. It's now due a full hearing...

It was a busy day for education at the statehouse Monday.  A measure clarifying when parents will start to play a role in the evaluation of their child's teacher has cleared the Idaho Legislature.  Meanwhile, over in the senate, senators voted in favor of deleting a portion of Idaho's new education laws that defines an online course...

Twin Falls City Councilman and former Mayor Lace Clow has announced his candidacy for the Idaho Legislature. Clow, a Republican says he has filed paper work to seek the Nomination for District 24A of the Idaho House of Representatives. Clow is currently in his 19th year as a city councilman which includes 6 years as the Mayor of Twin Falls...

The redistricting panel that's trying again to redraw Idaho's electoral boundaries will hold three public hearings next month in its bid to complete work that the previous batch of commissioners failed to get done.  The Idaho Statesman reports that here will be public hearings in Idaho Falls on Oct...