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BOISE, Idaho — The director of the Bureau of Land Management visited Boise last week to learn about fuel breaks and visit the National Interagency Fire Center as the agency works toward gaining a handle on the cycle of megafires.

When two candidates for Idaho secretary of state said President Joe Biden lost the 2020 election, it likely wasn’t a surprise to voters closely following the Republican primary races in Idaho.

BOISE, Idaho — For months, Idaho high school students worked with state lawmakers to craft a resolution on gun violence. They prepared emotional testimony on losing family or friends to suicide, feelings of numbness to active shooter drills, and fears they had when their loved ones struggling with mental health…

For years, Al Larson has been celebrated as "the Bluebird Man," an Idaho conservation enthusiast who spent decades working to preserve the state bird. But on March 26, Larson's family and friends gathered to celebrate him for a different reason — his 100th birthday.

BOISE, Idaho — A week after it was enacted, Idaho’s new abortion law faces a lawsuit.

BOISE, Idaho — Far-right leader Ammon Bundy spent three days within the confines of the Ada County Courthouse last week. But his time walking the hallways of the downtown Boise building is far from over.

A bill designed to conceal the identity of all execution drug suppliers to maintain Idaho’s death penalty by lethal injection is only a governor’s signature away from becoming law.

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who's running for governor, has thrown some of her political weight into a child welfare case involving a 10-month-old baby.

BOISE, Idaho — The Democratic National Committee is sending at least $100,000 to Idaho ahead of the 2022 general election as part of a strategy to bolster campaigns in states dominated by Republicans, a spokesperson told the Idaho Statesman.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Democrats spent more than $1 million from various campaign coffers to fund their quorum break in July, when nearly 60 lawmakers left the state for Washington in an effort to kill a GOP-backed elections bill.