The Latest Breaking News from Brad Little

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho could begin executing death row inmates by firing squad as early as this summer after Gov. Brad Little joined a wave of Republican support to use the method when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

Former Idaho Governor Phil Batt died at home on Saturday

BOISE, Idaho — Longtime Idaho politician Phil Batt, who served as governor from 1995 to 1999, died Saturday on his 96th birthday, according to a statement from Gov. Brad Little.

Idaho has joined a Texas lawsuit against the Biden administration's waterway protections, claiming the rules are too vague and violate state sovereignty rights

BOISE, Idaho — The cost of implementing a bill that seeks to make the firing squad Idaho’s backup execution method has more than doubled since it was last reviewed by the state prisons system, according to a spokesperson for the agency.

BOISE, Idaho — One day after Idaho officials threatened to sue the federal government for failing to respond to petitions to remove grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act protections, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will move forward with reconsidering the bears’ position — though it won’t consider…

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little last month pledged $1 million in state funding to assist the investigation into the homicides of four University of Idaho students in Moscow. A local official said the funding is sorely needed but has yet to materialize for the city.

The state is no longer planning to execute Gerard Pizzuto on December 15