Idaho is seeking to join Texas with a proposed bill that would allow local police to check people's immigration and make it a state crime for undocumented immigrants to enter the state. Why it matters: GOP-led states are expected to see legislation allowing them to enforce federal immigration law amid a friendly incoming Trump administration despite concerns over constitutionality.

The bill would give police in Idaho authority to charge people with misdemeanors and felonies for living in the U.S. without authorization.

A Texas judge has allowed three states to move forward with a legal challenge seeking to impose stricter rules on the abortion pill mifepristone, reigniting the battle over medication abortion access in the U.

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Texas won $30,000, just missing the $95 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The tickets matched four winning numbers, the Mega Ball and the Megaplier, in the drawing Tuesday, Jan. 14, the Texas Lottery said.

Jaron Crane, R-Nampa, presented the legislation, which is modeled after Texas’ SB 4 — a law that ... level offense for individuals entering Idaho from a foreign nation outside of the ...

The Idaho bill is modeled after a Texas law, passed last year, that gives local law enforcement authority to enforce illegal entry into the U.S. The law, which a number of other states have sought ...

BOISE, Idaho — Immigrants living in Idaho without legal status could be arrested and charged by local law enforcement, according to a new proposed bill, giving local officials authority in an ...

Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling.

Pipeline Plastics CEO Mike Leathers said the company makes plastic pipes used in construction and farming all over the United States. It has factories in Texas, North Carolina, and South Dakota, and now Idaho will be the place for its fifth factory.

A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.

As data paints a clearer picture of the impact that state policies such as abortion bans and Medicaid expansion can have on maternal health, leaders in some states are rushing to limit their review committee’s work.