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Judge pauses Biden waterway protections in Texas, Idaho

A federal judge has paused the Biden administration’s waterway protections in Texas and Idaho

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Firing squad executions to return in Idaho after lawmakers pass controversial bill

Firing squads are set to return as a possible method of execution in Idaho after state lawmakers passed a controversial bill bringing back the measure with a veto-proof majority.

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Idaho OKs veto-proof bill to allow execution by firing squad

A bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the Legislature with a veto-proof majority

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

University of Idaho slayings suspect had rare neurological condition called visual snow. What is it?

BOISE, Idaho — The man charged with the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students has spent much of his teen and adult life consumed by a rare neurological disorder known as visual snow syndrome.

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023

Idaho murders victim’s pet dog Murphy gets his own Amazon wishlist

Murphy was found unharmed inside the student home in Moscow, Idaho, when Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were discovered brutally stabbed to death

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

North Dakota Constitution Likely Secures a Right to Life- and Health-Preserving Abortions

From today's North Dakota Supreme Court decision in Wrigley v. Romanick, written by Chief Justice Jon Jensen, joined by Justices Daniel Crothers and Lisa Fair McEvers, and by District Judge Daniel Narum, sitting by designation (in place of Justice Douglas Bahr, who was recused): [W]e conclude RRWC has a substantial…

Reason · Mar 16, 2023

How does Idaho count wolves? Critics say state uses ‘smoke and mirrors,’ misleads public

BOISE, Idaho — As a scruffy gray-and-brown wolf stood in a grassy Idaho clearing, it fixed its gaze straight ahead. Another dark wolf trotted down a muddy dirt road. A third stepped over gravelly terrain, its mouth open as it panted in the sun. Motion-triggered cameras, placed by the Idaho…

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

Idaho search warrants show Moscow homicides police work before Bryan Kohberger’s arrest

Dozens of newly released search warrants in the investigation into November’s University of Idaho homicides reveal for the first time how law enforcement pursued and developed evidence that led to the arrest of suspected killer Bryan Kohberger.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023

Experts say attacks on free speech are rising across the US

First Amendment experts say attacks on free speech rights are escalating across the United States

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Yellowstone Bear World, fined by OSHA, lobbies for bill to nix oversight of wildlife parks

Idaho lawmakers have moved forward with a bill crafted by a Rexburg drive-thru wildlife park that would remove Idaho Fish and Game and Idaho State Department of Agriculture oversight for similar facilities.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023