Madison SteinerLund was certainly not expecting to see the Secret Service at work on her first day back from vacation.

After making national headlines for rescuing two people in an overturned vehicle Tuesday night, the Boise Black Knights wanted to see that the couple they helped on a Oregon highway was doing OK.

Jim Risch’s track record in the Senate is one of disappointment, writes the editorial board.

The Idaho Statesman is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.

“To the citizens of Idaho, if Idaho will not stand up for your constitutional rights, we will,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said.

These tactics play into the narrative that you can’t debate someone on the merits of their ideas, so the only device left to you is to stop them from speaking in the first place. │ Opinion

“I just thought it would be a cool way to give back and say thank you for dealing with the supreme Karen.”

Janice McGeachin, Priscilla Giddings, Raul Labrador, Dorothy Moon and Branden Durst have embraced the extreme fringes, writes Tommy Ahlquist. Voters should reject their brand of politics. | Opinion

The Idaho House State Affairs Committee has rejected joining the call for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.

It’s not that your message isn’t being heard. We hear you. Loud and clear. It’s just that your message is dead wrong and dangerous, writes the editorial board.

The vote means that 12 of the 14 counties that would join Idaho in their entirety have voted in favor of the movement.

What they’re really upset about is suffering the consequences of their abhorrent views. | Opinion

Boise Mayor McLean announces she is endorsing Buttigieg.

The report raises red flags about aging plants and facilities, some containing large amounts of plutonium.

The health system said $16 million should be the bare minimum in compensatory damages. The jury exceeded that, and nearly matched the compensatory total in punitive damages.

“They were trying to use U-Haul as a backup. This is traumatizing to family members.”

Nearly two-thirds of respondents said they are considering or may be considering leaving the state, nearly all because of Idaho’s restrictive abortion laws.

A complaint from a “community leader” who is not a student at the university prompted suspension of diversity classes.

“We will work even harder to address the open border and its impacts because of the failure of the Biden-Harris administration to admit it’s even a problem.”

Counterterrorism experts and U.S. officials are watching the evolution of extremism in Idaho with alarm.

Texas’s controversial law is currently hung up in court after a lawsuit.

Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher repeatedly have taken the side of Trump over the side of the American people, writes the editorial board.

On Wednesday, one Idaho congressman was one of just 10 House Republicans to break rank and vote in favor of a Democratic-lead bill to reopen the government.

She lost by 20.4 percentage points to Brad Little — an unusual result for someone backed by the former president.

We can’t continue to tolerate intimidation of politicians involved in the democratic process, and we can’t tolerate white supremacy, writes Idaho Statesman special correspondent and columnist Rocky...

Violators of the new law could face up to 10 years in prison.

“I need to be able to protect my patients’ lives, their health and future fertility without fear of becoming a felon. This fear is why I’m leaving Idaho.”

McGeachin got really good advice from the Attorney General’s Office on June 7. She chose to ignore it. Now, she should live with the consequences. │ Opinion

“We did not sign up to have our years of training belittled and our credentials called into question. We did not sign up to be verbally abused while trying to save lives.” │ Guest opinion

Rep. Mike Simpson lays out his case against making Jim Jordan the next speaker of the House, rebutting arguments from GOP Chair Dorothy Moon. | Opinion

“Our Idaho includes transgender children and adults. You belong here. Our state is better with you. ”

“Systematically, Black people have been oppressed, and that’s just a fact. It’s not an opinion. It’s not political. It’s the reality of the world.”

The group, which calls itself the 97 Percent, collected more than 1,600 signatures in favor of public health ordinances less than 24 hours after a Central District Health meeting was canceled over...

“The views of those who founded AFPAC … don’t reflect or speak for Christianity or Christians, nor do they reflect the religious or political views of the vast majority of Idahoans.”

We’re done paying for a misogynist who uses taxpayer funds to start a self-described Christian nationalist propaganda machine. | Opinion

Right-wing efforts in the Idaho Legislature seek to turn Idaho into a dictatorship ruled by a handful of Republican legislators in charge of Idaho’s way of life, writes Bob Kustra.

Spare us the high praise of a radio host who deserves so much of the blame for the divisions he accentuated in the America of today, writes Bob Kustra.

Three major health systems with big operations in Boise and the state say deadlines to be vaccinated remain in place.

It shouldn’t fall to a hospital to impose consequences for Ammon Bundy’s disregard for the law. But everyone else has failed.

Everything about Wednesday’s House Ethics Committee hearing into sexual misconduct of a state legislator cast this state into a negative light, writes the editorial board.

It sure sounds like a few legislators have perfected the art of indoctrination far more effectively than any teacher in Idaho, writes Bob Kustra.

After announcing tighter pandemic restrictions in Washington on Sunday, Gov. Jay Inslee said he has urged Idaho officials to “show some leadership” against COVID-19.

Dorothy Moon claimed the left “sexualizes” children. When she had a chance to make it illegal to marry kids, where was she?

Refusing to wear a mask could lead to a citation or even an arrest under a new health order from the city.

Senate Republicans stripped funding for a low-income summer meals program from a state budget.

Hundreds march from Julia Davis Park to the Capitol for annual March for Life anti-abortion event

The majority conservatives on the high court reversed a lower court’s stay on Idaho’s ban on certain health care for transgender children.

His posts and a video appearance on the website appear to have occurred while he was still a captain in the Boise Police Department.

Idaho should not be cutting taxes while basic government services, such as education, are being starved. │ Opinion

Anti-transgender bill is a far worse and more serious mistake than any angry tweet.

A judge ruled that the activist’s sale of his Emmett property was a “fraudulent conveyance,” and the People’s Rights Network site continued to display false, defamatory posts.

Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo seem to be completely disinterested in even providing a credible justification for opposing Ketanji Brown Jackson. | Editorial

Boise’s first parade in years should have been a time to come together. That’s hard to do when someone is waving a gun in your face. | Opinion

Janice McGeachin’s business received government coronavirus relief money as loans eligible for forgiveness.

Because of Idaho legislators’ carelessness, they had to take a recess, costing taxpayers $300,000, something we don’t want to pay again, writes the editorial board.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little should act now to minimize further spread of coronavirus in the state, writes the Idaho Statesman editorial board.

“Generally, profanity is not a good way to advance civil discourse. But the Legislature has made pretty clear that diplomacy is ineffective at solving the problem,” said Shiva Rajbhandari.

We’re done paying for a misogynist who uses taxpayer funds to start a self-described Christian nationalist propaganda machine. | Opinion

We don’t want an untrained 17-year-old wannabe cop to decide who the bad guy is and when to pull the trigger, writes the editorial board.

“We’re not going to find — ever — another human being that can fill his very beautiful shoes.”

Without any evidence or concrete proof that a problem exists, legislators have spent weeks chasing something imaginary, writes the editorial board.

The 54-year-old, who previously lived in San Diego, was in a Telegram group with several men who identify as Three Percenters.

“The people of Boise have had enough of his threats and intimidation, and do not wish to welcome someone with Mr. Bundy’s track record,” Mayor Lauren McLean said.

Here are the ground rules: Journalists are going to ask you questions we feel our readers — aka, your constituents, the taxpayers — want to know the answers to.

Didn’t the far-right fringe of the Republican Party in Idaho spend much of their time this legislative session railing against executive orders by the governor?

Chief U.S. District Judge David Nye denied a motion for a preliminary injunction but also denied the state’s request to dismiss the case, which means it will continue.

SUBSCRIPTION ONLY: We would rather have a mayor who is working to find a solution than a public official who does nothing and lets the pandemic rage on, the editorial board writes.

Protecting public health is the proper role of government, but Friday’s announcement did nothing to fulfill that role, writes the editorial board.

“I’d like to know when we’re going to stop giving oxygen to those who are trying to say this is either a hoax or no big deal,” one hospital leader said after the meeting.

Breaking with tradition of not interfering with the Legislature, Idaho’s governor does the right thing, makes the case straight to Idaho residents to tell their legislators not to end the emergency...

“Let’s vote these people out, Idaho!” the frontman wrote. “This state deserves better.”

Veteran and founder of Idaho Female Veterans Network, herself a sexual abuse survivor, wants Rep. Priscilla Giddings to be held accountable for her actions.

It’s bad enough that Rep. Heather Scott introduced the bill based on a prank video. It’s worse that her fellow legislators went along with it. | Opinion

The Idaho Press Club’s petition asks a judge to detain the lieutenant governor until she produces the records.

It was a detestable lie to accuse doctors of child trafficking for trying to help a malnourished child. It was worse to drive the hospital into lockdown. | Opinion

Subscriber Exclusive: “Imagine if 40 people died in one day because of a giant sinkhole on Interstate 84, and then we just kept driving on I-84 without fixing the sinkhole. That’s what we’re doing...

Andrew Yang has exceeded expectations in the 2020 Democratic primary. Now he wants to win.

Rep. Mike Simpson has had the courage to oppose the ascension of Rep. Jim Jordan to House speaker. No such bravery from Rep. Russ Fulcher. | Letters

If you think that a restaurant refusing service to unvaccinated people is the same thing as the extermination of 6 million Jews, you clearly do not understand who the Nazis were and what the Holoca...

We can’t let extremists dictate public health policy when people are dying. │ Guest opinion

This is the same guy who said “nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.”

“Now, as a Black man and someone who is deeply familiar with these concepts and ideas at both a practical level and an academic level, I have been saddened by this conversation,” Rep. Chris Mathias,...

A letter signed by 39 Boise-area doctors recommends that the Treasure Valley return to Stage 1 of reopening and Canyon County implement a mask mandate.

Rep. Russ Fulcher had better hope there’s still time to redeem himself, argues Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune. Because supporting Trump’s attempted insurrection is unforgivable. | Opinion

She deserves to have accurate information about her death be shared, so that her death cannot be politicized, writes Dr. Nathan Green.

“It is just another step by the Idaho Legislature to legalize discrimination against a particular group of Idahoans,” a teacher said.

A majority of Idaho residents want fewer restrictions on abortions.