Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced Thursday his office is appealing a recent federal court ruling allowing abortions to protect the mother’s health or prevent her death from self-harm. Labrador is asking a federal appeals court to block the decision, allowing the near-total abortion ban to be enforced as written. Labrador argued that U.S. District […]
Idaho Gov. Brad Little named an Idaho Supreme Court justice to fill a vacancy left by the retiring chief justice. Little appointed Fourth District Judge Jason Scott to fill outgoing Chief Justice Richard Bevan’s seat on the state’s highest court, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. Scott is an Idaho native who earned an accounting degree […]
Pregnant women may receive abortions in many cases if there are serious risks to their health or if there’s a high risk she will harm herself, an Idaho federal judge has ruled. The decision, released Thursday, marks a major change to the Idaho abortion ban’s exemptions. The judge determined U.S. constitutional protections under the Due […]
Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robyn Brody will become chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court effective Oct. 1, officials the Idaho Judicial Branch announced Thursday. Brody, who was first elected to the Idaho Supreme Court in 2016, succeeds Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan, who is retiring Oct. 30. The Idaho Supreme Court is the highest […]
Idaho’s judicial districts announced new websites Tuesday for the public to engage with local court services in more streamlined, accessible ways. The new sites come in an effort to “modernize how court information is presented” across the state’s seven district courts, according to a press release. The sites put together information from the different districts […]
1:42 p.m., May 3; Indiana State Police entered a Flock automated license plate reader – known as ALPR – network lookup. The reason for the search: “Immigration (civil/administrative).” Quickly, the nationwide system sprung into action; hundreds of ALPR systems searched for a suspect’s license plate. Among the cameras included in the search was Idaho’s Twin […]
Searching through court records in Idaho just got easier. A new interface for accessing court documents was rolled out across local courthouses Tuesday morning, according to the Idaho Judicial Branch. Computer kiosks at Idaho’s county courthouses have been updated to enable users to search case information and hearings without entering a party name or case […]
This story was first published by Boise State Public Radio on Aug. 1, 2026. Three people are dead and two are injured after a shooting Saturday afternoon at the Twin Falls In-N-Out, according to a city spokesperson. Joshua Palmer, Twin Falls’ public information officer, confirmed those numbers, though he said in a text message officials […]
Members of the Idaho National Guard have been deployed in Washington, D.C., since February. Idaho officials did not previously make a public announcement about the deployment. After a D.C. resident filed a $3 million legal claim this week against the Idaho National Guard for an incident that occurred at her home in May, the Idaho […]
On the afternoon of June 22, Neil “Lee” Spring was sitting in Rhodes Skate Park with a friend when officers from the Boise Police Department approached him. “We’re going to give you a ticket for sitting here everyday,” Spring said officers told him. He was issued a $10 citation for camping on public property — […]
