AG appeals abortion ruling + Voter registration tool updated + Column: Idaho needs a tax base plan

By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief

“Dobbs made clear that abortion policy belongs to the people and their elected state representatives, not the judiciary. We have appealed to the Ninth Circuit, and we will fight until this ruling is reversed and Idaho’s law is restored.” - Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

COURTS + POLICING

Idaho attorney general appeals court order allowing abortions to protect health, prevent self-harm

By Laura Guido

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced Thursday his office is appealing a recent federal court ruling allowing abortions to protect the mother’s health or prevent her death from self-harm.

Labrador is asking a federal appeals court to block the decision, allowing the near-total abortion ban to be enforced as written.

Poll workers help voters register to vote for the primary election on May 21, 2024, at Thunder Ridge High School in Idaho Falls. (Photo by Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)

ELECTION 2026

Idaho Secretary of State’s Office updates voter look-up tool after public reports website glitch

By Laura Guido

A number of Idaho residents expressed alarm on social media last week when they attempted to verify their voter registration, only to find there was no record of it.

Idaho's income tax base has changed from being a progressive tax to a single tax bracket, with a reduction in its rate, thereby reducing the tax base by more than $4 billion, writes guest columnist Robert Huntley. (Photo illustration by Getty Images)

COMMENTARY

Idaho needs a 10-year plan to restore its decimated tax revenue as soon as possible

By Robert Huntley

The chances that anything we can be proud of can happen without tax base restructure are slim and none, and Slim is out of town, writes guest columnist Robert Huntley.

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ICYMI

Shining a light on other Idaho politics reporting

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