Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Idaho Woman Files Lawsuit Against Fertility Doctor
Nov 20 2023 // An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34 years ago, the latest in a string of such cases brought as at-home DNA sampling enables people to learn more...
Idaho Woman Files Lawsuit Against Fertility Doctor
Oct 30 2023 // An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34 years ago, the latest in a string of such cases brought as at-home DNA sampling enables people to learn more...
Carolina Insurance Agent Charged with ID Theft, Taking out Secret Life Policy
Sep 11 2023 // North Carolina authorities have charged a Charlotte-area insurance agent with identity theft after he reportedly took out a life insurance policy without the man’s knowledge. Derek Urban Ezzell, 56, a multi-lines...
Supreme Court Limits Reach of Federal ID Theft Law
Jun 9 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday narrowed when identity theft can be included as part of federal criminal charges. In the case (Dubin v. U.S.), the high court found that not every use of another’s identification...
Ryan Specialty to Acquire ACE Benefit Partners in Idaho
Jun 6 2023 // Ryan Specialty signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of ACE Benefit Partners Inc. in Eagle, Idaho. The acquisition is expected to close in July 2023. ACE Benefit Partners is a medical stop loss general...
ALKEME Acquires Infinity Insurance Group in Idaho
May 18 2023 // ALKEME acquired the Infinity Insurance Group in Idaho. Infinity Insurance is an insurance agency with offices in Post Falls. Infinity Insurance broke away from its parent company in 2010 and has focused on providing auto,...
Early Morning Fire Destroyed Wing of Idaho High School
Apr 25 2023 // An early morning fire destroyed part of a large high school in the southern Idaho city of Pocatello last week. No one was injured in the fire, but Pocatello Fire Department Assistant Chief Shane Grow said one wing of...
Volkswagen Halts Sale of Some ID.4 EVs Because Doors Might Open While in Motion
Apr 6 2023 // Volkswagen AG has ordered dealers in the U.S. and Canada to stop selling its ID.4 electric SUV because its doors might open while in motion, and the German carmaker doesn’t yet have a fix for the problem. Nearly...
Idaho Hot Pool Roof Fall Sends 7 to Hospitals, Cause Unknown
Jan 10 2023 // A roof collapsed on bathers at an Idaho hot spring, sending seven people to hospitals with a variety of injuries. The injured ranged in age from 9 to 70. All were conscious and in stable condition when taken for further...
Fired Police Accountability Director in Idaho Files Lawsuit
Dec 15 2022 // The director of Boise’s police watchdog group who was put on leave earlier this month has been fired, and he has filed a lawsuit against the city. Mayor Lauren McLean’s office said the decision to place Office...
University Of Idaho Settles Students’ $90K Lawsuit
Dec 14 2022 // _ The University of Idaho will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit from members of a Christian law students’ organization who claimed their freedom of speech was violated when the school’s civil rights...
ID.me’s Claim on Scope of Unemployment Fraud Baseless, U.S. Congress Says
Nov 18 2022 // Government contractor ID.me, which checks the identity of benefits applicants, had no basis for its claim that almost half of unemployment aid during the pandemic was lost to fraud, U.S. congressional investigators said on...
Lawsuit in Idaho Settled over Antiquated Law
Nov 16 2022 // People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be allowed to be removed from the state’s sex offender list, according to a settlement Idaho has reached to resolve a...
Idaho’s Workers’ Comp Rates Decreasing 11.5% for 2023
Oct 18 2022 // The Idaho Department of Insurance accepted a 11.5% reduction in rates, effective January 1, 2023. This follows the National Council on Compensation Insurance submission of its annual rate recommendation to the Idaho...
Idaho Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Settled
Oct 10 2022 // An Idaho city has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit with a former library employee who said they were harassed and discriminated against because they are non-binary and transgender, the Idaho Statesman...
Drag Performer Files Defamation Suit in Idaho for Edited Video
Oct 4 2022 // A drag performer has filed a defamation lawsuit against a far-right blogger he accuses of releasing a doctored video that falsely made it look as if he had exposed himself to children. Eric Posey filed the lawsuit in a...
Wildfire Threatens Homes, Cabins Near Lake in Idaho
Sep 7 2022 // Roughly 200 people were told to evacuate and sheriff’s deputies were trying to track down campers and other recreationists after a wildfire exploded in Idaho’s scenic Sawtooth National Forest over the long...
Regulatory Roundup: DHS Adjuster Licensing, Pandemic Regulatory Catchup, Idaho Joins SBS
Aug 29 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council to ID More Climate-Related Risks
Jul 28 2022 // The Financial Stability Oversight Council convened on Thursday to identify and address climate-related financial risk. The FOC last year published an extensive report on climate-related financial risk and issued dozens of...
Insurance Company Poised to Drop Idaho County’s Coverage
Jul 13 2022 // An insurance company that covers counties and other public entities in Idaho says it won’t renew Canyon County’s insurance policy because of increasing risks and a high volume of claims. The Idaho Counties Risk...
