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The Idaho Capital Sun is a nonprofit news outlet focused on providing transparent reporting about state government, politics, and policies in Idaho. Being residents of Idaho for many years, we are familiar with the unique challenges and opportunities our state encounters. We offer thorough coverage on various topics, including legislation, state policies, healthcare, tax issues, environmental concerns, and the rapid population growth in Idaho.

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Cattle Battle: How wolves and livestock collide – and how one Idaho project offers solutions • Idaho Capital Sun

2 days ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin |Heath Druzin

4:30 News Story EnvironmentGovernment + Politics Western ranchers say their livelihood is at stake after wolves were reintroduced into the Lower 48 30 years ago EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth installment of Howl, a five-part written series and podcast season produced in partnership between the Idaho Capital Sun, States Newsroom and Boise State Public Radio. Idaho rancher Jay Smith has a wolf problem.
Episode 4: Cattle Battle

2 days ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin

4:30 Podcast Howl podcast host Heath Druzin and Idaho Capital Sun senior reporter Clark Corbin take listeners to rural Idaho to hear from ranchers and farmers who say wolves are literally taking a bite out of their bottom lines. And they talk to a woman who is trying to save livestock without killing wolves. A transcript of this episode is available.
USDA Secretary in Santa Fe announces agency intends to repeal Clinton-era ‘roadless’ rule

3 days ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Patrick Lohmann

United States Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Monday afternoon that her agency intends to repeal a 24-year-old rule that prohibits road construction and timber harvesting on 91,000 square miles of federal Forest Service land. Rollins, speaking at the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Santa Fe, said the protections President Bill Clinton imposed for “inventoried roadless areas” in 2001 hamper forest management and wildfire prevention.
Idaho seeks public input on spending state’s share of opioid settlement money

4 days ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin

by Clark Corbin, Idaho Capital Sun June 23, 2025 The Idaho Behavioral Health Council is asking for the public’s help in identifying priorities for spending the state’s share of funding from a settlement agreement with opioid manufactures. The fund from the settlement agreement provides about $2 million per year for opioid abatement programs and activities in Idaho, according to a press release issued Monday by the Idaho Behavioral Health Council.
Idaho unemployment rate drops to 3.6%, remains below U.S. rate

1 week ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 3.7% to 3.6% in May, the Idaho Department of Labor announced in a news release issued Friday. For May, the number of nonfarm jobs in Idaho increased by 2,500 jobs, for a total of 883,400 jobs, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. Need to get in touch? Have a news tip?
Idaho Land Board gives state authority to pay wildfire bills if they exceed available funding • Idaho Capital Sun

1 week ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin

A board chaired by Idaho Gov. Brad Little gave the state the authority Tuesday to pay bills fighting wildfires in the event expenses exceed the available funding provided by the Idaho Legislature. The Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners, often referred to as simply the land board, voted Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise to authorize the use of deficiency warrants to pay wildfire suppression costs if those costs exceed funding available in the budget.
Fixing Yellowstone: How an intact ecosystem set the stage for a wolf queen’s long reign

1 week ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin |Heath Druzin

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third installment of Howl, a five-part written series and podcast season produced in partnership between the Idaho Capital Sun, States Newsroom and Boise State Public Radio. Read the first installment, Carter’s Hope, and the second installment, River of No Return, at IdahoCapitalSun.com. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYO.
Idaho Land Board votes to hire outside legal counsel instead of AG Raúl Labrador

1 week ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin

The Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners voted to be represented by outside legal counsel hired by the Idaho Department of Lands – not Attorney General Raúl Labrador, who is also a member of the land board.
Terminated AmeriCorps grants by Trump, DOGE totaled $1.9M in Idaho

1 week ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin

Tom Alvarez had been working with AmeriCorps for about two years in Idaho when he got the email in April. Effective immediately, he was pulled off of his assignment and told not to have any contact with the project going forward. It was all due to millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant cancellations made by President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as part of largescale cuts and reductions to the federal government.
‘Yellowstone’ spinoff among new Utah film productions approved under tax incentive program

1 week ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Kyle Dunphey

by Kyle Dunphey, Idaho Capital Sun June 16, 2025 Four new film productions are headed for Utah and will receive a tax credit under the state’s film incentive program, including a “Yellowstone” spinoff and a new season of “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.”That’s according to the Utah Film Commission, which made the announcement on Friday.