Idaho Capital Sun

28/07/2025

If they are forced to use restrooms consistent with their s*x assigned at birth, the plaintiffs say they would be outed as transgender in their campus communities.

Transgender people sue over Idaho Legislature's new law requiring single-s*x bathrooms, changing rooms and dorms at colleges.

28/07/2025

Any Idaho ground water users who are not part of a groundwater district and are not participating in an approved plan need to immediately join a district to avoid having their water shut off, state officials said.

Water issues are extremely important to Idaho farmers who need water to irrigate their crops during the summer growing season.

28/07/2025

The big beautiful bill's restrictions on federal loans for medical school may make it harder to address doctor shortages, critics say.

The big beautiful bill's restrictions on federal loans for medical school may make it harder to address doctor shortages, experts say.

28/07/2025

COMMENTARY | Most people are likely familiar with complicated “deep learning” models, like ChatGPT. Models to process small earthquakes in Yellowstone are similar, writes guest columnist Alysha Armstrong.

Most people are likely familiar with complicated “deep learning” models, like ChatGPT. Models to process small earthquakes are similar.

28/07/2025

The change comes as Idaho is seeking to reduce the number of wolves in the state and as some outside researchers have stressed the importance of an accurate wolf count.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game's changes for counting wolves come as the state seeks to reduce its wolf population by more than 60%.

26/07/2025

The Trump administration’s arrests have been catching a smaller share of criminals overall, and a smaller share of people convicted of violent and drug crimes, than the Biden administration did in the same time frame.

Less than half of ICE arrests during the Trump administration were of convicted criminals, lower than during the Biden administration.

26/07/2025

A panel of Idaho legislators is looking to do one of the first major state government reorganizations since the 1970s, with the primary goal of reducing its size and improving efficiency.

The Idaho Legislature created its own DOGE Task Force to look at reducing and consolidating state government agencies and departments.

25/07/2025

The funding — which goes toward migrant education, English-language learning and other programs — was supposed to go out before July 1.

25/07/2025

“This move brings the Department closer to the people it serves and strengthens its core mission to support farmers, ranchers, and rural families,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said. “Utah is proud to partner in advancing American agriculture and rural prosperity.”

Utah Republican leaders praise plans to downsize the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s D.C. workforce, sending employees to Salt Lake City.

25/07/2025

The lawsuit argues Idaho’s law would deny immigrants life-saving health care that prevents HIV transmission.

A federal judge extended a temporary legal block that prevents Idaho from verifying the immigration status of people receiving HIV treatment.

25/07/2025

“You’re always a parent, even when your kids are grown up,” Susan Hudson said. “And I just feel like this is an opportunity for me, using democratic means and democratic processes to try not to leave the world such a mess for the next generation.”

With the help of Workers Circle, a Boise woman helped launch a civic engagement focused group in Boise, Idaho.

24/07/2025

Stibnite Gold Mine is located in the Payette National Forest, just outside the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness near the small town of Yellow Pine in Valley County.

Conservation groups in Idaho filed a lawsuit Thursday over the Department of Environmental Quality's air permit for the Stibnite Gold Mine.