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A chair sits in the execution chamber at the Utah State Prison on June 18, 2010, after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Draper, Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool ...
The new law allows patrons to sue libraries if they do not relocate books they deem to be “harmful.” Sarah A. Miller smiller@idahostatesman.com Librarians in Idaho could soon face lawsuits ...
A bill to require Idaho public and school libraries to move materials deemed harmful to children, or face lawsuits, passed the Idaho Senate and House on Wednesday. House Bill 710, backed by ...
Lawmakers Vote Down Bill That Would Allow Some Alabama Death Row Inmates to Be Resentenced MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences ...
Idaho lawmakers headed home for the week after largely finishing their business Wednesday, which included passing the contentious transportation budget and library legislation. They’ll be back ...
Gov. Brad Little should have vetoed House Bill 545, which will ensure Idaho’s working poor remain not just poor but also at imminent risk of outright homelessness. Idaho stubbornly clings to a ...
TOPEKA, Kan. — People who make physical or financial threats against others in Kansas to force them to get an abortion could spend a year in prison and be fined up to $10,000 under one of ...
Students in some of Nebraska's smallest school districts could soon be protected by armed staff, thanks to one of over 100 bills passed by the state legislature last week. The provision that would ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about 30 inmates who were given the death penalty despite a jury’s recommendation of ...