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Idaho Gov. Brad Little faces a Democratic challenger who has been all but invisible and an antigovernment independent candidate who has failed to gain much traction

(Editor’s note:The Idaho Statesman spoke to two farmworkers while reporting this story. They spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of repercussions. The farmworkers are referred to in this story by the pseudonyms Martina and Teresa.)

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Idaho State Senate District 10 — Bob Solomon (D) and Tammy Nichols (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. 

As complaints about elections, many of them unfounded, pile up around the country, investigators tasked with dealing with them find themselves on the front line of defending the integrity of elections

While Colorado remains a precarious sanctuary in the midwest, the west coast states have rallied to protect abortion rights

A high-profile Idaho attorney who has defended in state and federal courts some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation is among the latest attorneys to quit state employment

Colorado, Florida, and Idaho will not participate in a key part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior surveys that reaches more than 80,000 students. Over the past 30 years, the state-level surveys, conducted anonymously during each odd-numbered year, have helped elucidate the mental health stressors…

Permitless carry laws in states including Kentucky, Idaho and Texas are creating a dilemma for police officers working the streets: They now have to decide, sometimes in seconds, if someone with the right to carry a gun is a danger

A small group of states quietly withdrew from the largest public effort to track concerning behaviors in teenagers

Biologists in Idaho are in possession of a fairly large alligator that was discovered by folks out walking their dog.

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Idaho House of Representatives District 29B  — Nate Roberts (D) and Jake Stevens (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…