Former Democratic Representative Todd Achilles announced on Tuesday that he plans to challenge U.S. Senator Jim Risch in the 2026 U.S. Senate race, not as a Democrat, but as an independent. “We’re failing in America,

The effort to collect signatures for the proposed ballot initiative comes nearly three years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. That reversal lifted federal court protections for abortions, letting states regulate abortion — which activated trigger abortion bans in several states, including Idaho.

Former Boise Democratic Rep. Todd Achilles announced Tuesday he will challenge longtime U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, a Republican.

In our news wrap Monday, Idaho investigators are searching for a motive in an ambush shooting that killed two firefighters, the Trump administration says Harvard violated civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students and the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to long-standing limits on how much political parties can spend in federal elections.

Achilles can’t stand both major parties, which means he believes there’s a yearning for someone to come along and catch a wave of public discontent.

The “Everyone is Welcome Here” sign that sparked a viral nationwide controversy can no longer be displayed in Idaho schools, according to an Idaho attorney general’s office opinion released late Friday.

That's false. There is nothing in the legislation that would allow Trump, or any future president, to stop an election from going forward.

Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order