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Idaho, Kentucky, and Multistate Coalition Hands Significant Defeat to Biden Administration’s Green Agenda
Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced Tuesday that a federal judge blocked the Biden Administration’s highway emissions rule that tried to drive gas-powered cars off the road. -
Idaho Stands with Kansas and Arkansas Against Proposed EPA Rule Impacting Meat and Poultry Industry
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador issued a statement condemning the proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the liquid waste produced by meat and poultry processing plants in the United States. -
Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Unanimously
House Bill 494, the re-write of Idaho’s Human Trafficking laws, passed the Idaho Senate unanimously (35-0) on Wednesday, March 20th. -
Attorney General Investigators Arrest Bannock County Man for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Bannock County man on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024, for alleged sexual exploitation of a child. -
Attorney General Investigators Arrest Owyhee County Man for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested an Owyhee County man on Thursday, February 29th, 2024, for possession of child sexual abuse material. -
22 States, Dozens of Groups Support Idaho’s Pro-Life Law
Twenty-two states, 121 members of Congress, doctors, and a broad coalition of policy and advocacy groups filed friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Idaho’s law that protects the lives of women and their unborn children, preventing doctors from performing abortions unless necessary to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest. -
JPMorgan Quits Climate Action 100+
Wall Street giant JPMorgan announced today they will be withdrawing from Climate Action 100+, a $68 trillion investor coalition focused on climate change. In 2023, Attorney General Raúl Labrador and 20 other Attorneys General sent a letter of concern to more than 50 Wall Street asset managers, bringing attention to the legal obligations of asset managers to make sound fiscal decisions for their clients. -
Pethtel Sentenced in Lemhi County Manslaughter
Tel William Pethtel, 29, a resident of Bonneville County, was sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence for the shooting death of another man in Lemhi County, Idaho, Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced. -
Attorney General: District Court ruling undermines Open Meetings Law – more to come
The State Board of Education’s consideration around the University of Phoenix was anything but open and transparent. -
Attorney General Labrador announces $350 million settlement with marketing firm over role in opioid epidemic
Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. -
NYSE Withdraws Proposal to List Natural Asset Companies One Week After Attorney General Labrador’s Letter of Protest
In a win for Attorney General Raúl Labrador and a coalition of 24 other states, the New York Stock Exchange withdrew a recently proposed rule change that would have allowed it to list “Natural Asset Companies” (NACs) on the exchange. -
Idaho Joint Letter to SEC Commissioners regarding Natural Asset Companies and Notice of Withdrawal
Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Change to Amend the NYSE Listed Company Manual to Adopt Listing Standards for Natural Asset Companies. -
Attorney General Labrador Leads Nationwide Fight Against California’s Unconstitutional Assault Weapons Ban
Attorney General Raúl Labrador led a coalition of 27 states in filing an Amicus Curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Second Amendment, asking the Court to affirm the lower court’s decision to enjoin California’s unconstitutional Assault Weapons Control Act (AWCA) in Miller v. Bonta. -
SCOTUS Grants Immediate Stay in Defense of Life Act Litigation
Acting in response to the Idaho Attorney General’s emergency application, the Supreme Court of the United States today took the rare step of granting an immediate stay of the preliminary injunction issued by a U.S. District Judge in State of Idaho v. United States of America, which prevented Idaho from implementing its Defense of Life Act. -
Attorney General Responds to Court Blocking Idaho’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act
A federal judge preliminarily enjoined an Idaho law that protects young girls and boys from being experimentally treated with mastectomies, penectomies, puberty blockers, and other irreversible and untested treatments. -
Ada County District Court Judge Dismisses Claims Challenging Idaho’s Abortion Laws
Ada County District Court judge granted most of Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s Motion to Dismiss in Adkins v. State of Idaho, a challenge led by a New York-based advocacy group to Idaho’s criminal abortion laws. -
Attorney General Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Expanding Abortion in Idaho
The Attorney General’s Office presented oral arguments for a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint in Idaho’s Fourth District Court in Boise today before the Honorable Jason Scott. -
Attorney General Investigators Arrest Two Men for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested two men across Idaho on Thursday, November 30th, 2023, for alleged sexual exploitation and enticement of a child. -
26 Attorneys General Demand Congress Grant State Officials Power to Perform Immigration Functions
Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 24 other attorneys general in pushing Congress to grant state officials the power to perform immigration functions when the Biden administration refuses—as is happening right now at the nation’s border with Mexico. -
Fourth District Court Rules Idaho Falls School District 2023 Plant Facilities Levy Illegal
The Fourth District Court of the State of Idaho rules Idaho Falls School District’s 2023 plant facilities levy is illegal and must be set aside.