When teens dive less, less register to vote + Check for these recalled products + Column: Is the Magic Valley workforce ready?

By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief

“Our goal is to help people debunk these myths that it’s somehow young people’s fault that these systems aren’t working well for them.” - Laura Brill, founder and CEO of The Civics Center

Open Democracy, a New Hampshire voting rights group, has spent several years working to improve the registration rate among 18-year-olds. Shown are New Hampshire voters. (Photo by Will Steinfeld/New Hampshire Bulletin)

GOVERNMENT + POLITICS

When teens drive less, they don’t register to vote. Here’s how civic groups are adapting.

By Jonathan Shorman

More than 7.5 million people ages 16 to 18 don’t have a driver’s license, according to data compiled by The Civics Center, a nonpartisan group focused on boosting youth voter registration. Three million of those youth will be old enough to vote this year and all will be eligible by 2028, the organization said in a June research report on how declines in teen driving, spurred in part by the rising cost of obtaining a license, could affect voting.

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador speaks to reporters on Jan. 13, 2026, outside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo courtesy of the Idaho Attorney General’s Office)

LIVIING

Idaho Attorney General Labrador releases list of 24 hazardous products facing federal recall

By Christina Lords

The recalled items include anything from household appliances and toys, to clothing, furniture and motorized sporting goods.

The job opportunities gap is a problem the College of Southern Idaho and local employer partners are working to solve together to ensure our growing region has the skilled workers it needs to flourish and continue to grow, writes guest columnist Brett Madron. (Photo courtesy of the College of Idaho)

COMMENTARY

Idaho’s Magic Valley is growing. But is its workforce ready?

By Brett Madron

Public-private education partnerships like Idaho LAUNCH and the Chobani Scholars Program are important to the state’s future, writes guest columnist Brett Madron.

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Shining a light on other Idaho politics reporting

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East Idaho News: ‘You’re a female … you cannot do maintenance’: Former school bus driver sues Salmon School District for discrimination, wage theft
Spokesman-Review: Wildfires could cause ‘ripple effects’ for agricultural worker; labor advocates mobilize to provide resources
Valley Lookout: ‘It has to be done’: Donnelly to study adding city’s first stoplight

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