By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief
Photos of the official petition for a ballot initiative to restore abortion access in Idaho, which were submitted to Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office. (Photo courtesy of Melanie Folwell)
ELECTION 2026
Supporters and opponents of Idaho’s abortion rights initiative, Prop 1, have raised millions
By Laura Guido
Two Idaho political action committees, or PACS, on both sides of the proposed abortion rights initiative, Proposition 1, have spent $1.3 million combined, and raised nearly $7.5 million total. The ballot measure’s supporters have outpaced its opponents in both fundraising and spending so far.
So far, the main PAC supporting the measure has out-raised the primary PAC that’s opposing the ballot measure — the measure’s supporters’ Idahoans United for Women and Families PAC had collected around $4.9 million as of Sept. 29 from more than 3,000 donors, while the measure’s opponents of the Too Extreme for Idaho PAC brought in about $2.5 million from 83, according to the Idaho Secretary of State campaign finance database.
Bonneville County poll workers help voters get their ballots for the primary election on May 21, 2024, at the College of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls. (Photo by Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)
ELECTION 2026
Idaho’s general election is less than a month away. Here’s what you need to know.
By Kyle Pfannenstiel
With a little less than a month left until the 2026 midterm election, here’s how Idaho voters can start preparing.
The rotunda of the Idaho Statehouse as seen on Jan. 14, 2026, in Boise. (Photo by Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)
HEALTH
Mental health nonprofit to honor clinic owners who pushed Idaho Legislature to retract budget cuts
By Kyle Pfannenstiel
Next month, the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Idaho plans to award them both the Kathie Garrett Impact Award, named after a former Idaho lawmaker.
In a news release, the nonprofit said the duo’s advocacy “led to the return of those programs.”
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