The proposed federal law would also cover survivors of hurricanes and environmental disasters caused by human error.

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Alaskans appear to have narrowly rejected Measure 2, a ballot initiative that would have repealed the state’s open primary ...

The election week was indeed a great victory for Idaho, underscoring the importance of continued involvement and vigilance in ...

Idaho would join a growing number of conservative states challenging decades of legal precedent, which generally prohibit ...

In 2016, Trump won Idaho with 59% of the vote to Hillary Clinton’s 28%. The state is considered safely red, consistently backing Republican candidates in presidential elections. The last time it ...

In addition to voting in the presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, voters in Idaho will cast ballots for the state’s two congressional districts.

Backer breaks his own rules by calling himself an environmentalist, since this is his job, but said policymakers don’t have ...

The new faces on council will be Jacqueline Timmer, a Republican who will be filling the Ward I seat of Councilor MaryJane Dolan, who is retiring after two terms on council, and Curt Diemer, a ...