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Idaho collected $159 million in license taxes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Idaho collected $159 million in license taxes during the second quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has issued a statement following the death of Jeffrey R. Holland, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ…

Governor Brad Little has announced several new appointments to judicial and county positions in Idaho.

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho has joined a bipartisan group of senators in supporting the Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety (SAFEGUARDS)…

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) announced that his legislation to support the domestic nuclear energy industry has been signed into law by President Donald Trump.

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) announced that President Donald Trump has signed the Break Up Suspicious Transactions (BUST) Fentanyl Act into law as part of the Fiscal Year 2026 National…

President Donald Trump has signed S. 356, the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Reauthorization Act, into law.

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both Republicans from Idaho, along with 20 other Republican senators, have sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him not to reschedule…

U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho, along with 20 other Republican senators, have sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him not to reschedule marijuana from…

President Donald Trump has signed the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Reauthorization Act, extending the SRS program through Fiscal Year 2026 and ensuring that missed payments for fiscal years 2024 and…

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch of Idaho voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which recently passed the Senate with a 77-20…

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) have introduced the State Veterans Home Inspection Simplification Act, a bill designed to reduce redundant inspection requirements for State Veterans Homes…

Governor Brad Little has appointed Kristin Sleeper as his new Policy Director, effective January 5, 2026.

Idaho Governor Brad Little has announced that the state’s unemployment insurance tax rate will decrease by 7.5% in 2026.

Idaho’s miscellaneous tax revenue reached $12 million in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 500% compared to the previous quarter.

Zero Dark Thirty Coffee, a Meridian-based business, has been named Idaho Small Business of the Month for December 2025 by U.S. Senator Jim Risch.

U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) has expressed his appreciation to the interns who served in his Washington, D.C. office during the fall 2025 term.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has criticized the passage of a Democratic proposal to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies, arguing that it will increase costs for American families…

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) addressed the Senate regarding health care policy, focusing on his support for the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) spoke on the Senate floor, urging support for the Health Care Freedom for Patients Act.

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho announced that his bill, S. 356, the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Reauthorization Act, has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and is now…

U.S. Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, along with Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, has called on U.S. National Security Advisor Marco Rubio to examine…

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana), who chair the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee respectively, have introduced the…