BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 3 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: Thursday, Attorney General Raul Labrador announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm's role in the prescription opioid crisis. Idaho will receive nearly $1.6 million from the settlement to help address the opioid crisis. "The opioid crisis has been a national tragedy of greed and expl  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 3 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: Yesterday, the Attorney General's office successfully defeated The Satanic Temple's challenge to Idaho's Defense of Life Act. The Satanic Temple claimed a constitutionally protected right for its female members to ceremonially abort their babies as part of a Satanic ritual that involves the eerie invocation: "By my body, my blood, by my will, it is done." A federal court dismissed   more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: The State of Texas is now in a legal dispute with the Biden Administration. Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision stating the federal government could remove razor wire that Texas placed to stanch the flow of illegal immigrants into their state, given the Administration's complete lack of action on this invasion. However, the SCOTUS ruling didn't say  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 1 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: The State Board of Education's consideration around the University of Phoenix was anything but open and transparent. The Board kept every detail regarding the transaction secret until the very last moment, denying the people of Idaho a fair and full opportunity to speak on a matter of great importance to the State. An Ada County District Court held that the Board was justified in keeping the Phoe  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 3 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2024: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $267,500 to four drinking water and wastewater systems to help the facilities evaluate system deficiencies and determine necessary upgrades. The funding was made available through Governor Brad Little's Leading Idaho initiative. "Families, farmers, ranchers, and all Idaho residents rely on clean, effi  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 2 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks comment on a proposed settlement action with the city of Parma. On April 6, 2023, DEQ filed a complaint in Canyon County against the city of Parma for violations of the Clean Water Act at the city's Publicly Owned Treatment Works in Parma, Idaho, which discharges municipal wastewater into Sand Hollow Creek, a tributary of the Snake River. T  more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on Jan. 29, 2024: * * * Governor Brad Little issued the following statement today after the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole posted its decision denying the request for clemency for Idaho death row inmate Thomas Eugene Creech. "As Governor, my job is to follow the law and ensure that lawful criminal sentences are carried out. Thomas Creech is a convicted serial killer responsible for acts of extreme viole  more

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news item in a blog entry on Jan. 25, 2024: When I was a kid, Idaho enjoyed a fairly healthy balance of political power. Democratic Governor Cecil Andrus served alongside a Republican lieutenant governor and for one legislative term, the Idaho Senate was evenly divided. As I grew up, Idaho veered rightward. Today, new migration patterns are rapidly accelerating the trend, and an interesting paradox has emerged in   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Donald Trump said it himself: Without him, none of the extreme abortion bans being pushed by MAGA Republicans across the country would be possible. With Trump now closing in on the Republican nomination, we're reminding voters of the severe consequences of his anti-choice extremism and what is at stake for women across America in this election, state by state. As MAGA Republicans in Idaho and across the  more