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AG Labrador Backs Reform to Stop Activist Groups From Blocking Infrastructure Projects

For Immediate ReleaseAugust 13, 2026Media Contact: Damon Sidur BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a coalition of 21 other states, led by West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, in urging the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize new rules that stop activist groups from using a decades-old environmental law to block roads, water systems, and […]

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Labrador Letter: Banking Scam Stopped by Our Consumer Protection Investigators

Dear Friends, Someone here in Idaho received a call from a person claiming to be a Wells Fargo investigator, warning him that his bank account had been compromised. The caller convinced him to withdraw $14,000 in cash and mail it overnight to an address in Florida for “safekeeping.” He did it, and only realized afterward […]

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Labrador Letter: Idaho Urges Congress to Give States the Tools to Stop Medicaid Fraud

Dear Friends, In May, I told you about a trip to the White House, where I sat down with Vice President JD Vance, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, and other Administration officials to report on what my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has found in Idaho and to ask for more tools to go after it. This […]

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AG Labrador Urges Congress to Pass the STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act

BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and 15 other state attorneys general in a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance urging swift passage of H.R. 5364 and S. 4176, both known as the “STOP FRAUD in Medicaid Act.” “Every year, […]

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Labrador Letter: Touring Idaho’s New Firing Squad Chamber

Dear Friends, Last week I toured the newly completed execution chamber at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) in Kuna. I want to thank IDOC Director Bree Derrick and Division of Prisons Chief Liz Neville for taking the time to walk my team and me through the new facility and answer our questions. What struck […]

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Labrador Letter: Defending Federal Rule Blocking Illegal Immigrants from Obtaining Commercial Drivers Licenses

Dear Friends, Last August, an illegal immigrant named Harjinder Singh, licensed to drive by both Washington and California, attempted an illegal U-turn across the Florida Turnpike in an eighteen-wheeler. He could not read or understand the road signs warning him against it and it led to the death of three people. Idaho did not issue […]

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Labrador Letter: Record Results for Idaho Consumers

Dear Friends, In the first six months of 2026, my Consumer Protection Division returned $956,000 to Idaho consumers, without a single lawsuit or court order. That pace puts this year on track to beat 2025, when the division recovered a record $1.1 million through the same voluntary process. Together, the last eighteen months have returned […]

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AG Labrador Issues Caution Against Rental Scams

BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador released a warning today about rental and property scams, along with tips at spotting this type of fraud frequently occurring in high-growth areas where there is fierce competition for available housing and high prices. Potential renters may overlook the signs of a scam in the hopes of securing a […]

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Labrador Letter: Idaho Wins at the Supreme Court, Six Years After Its Fight for Women’s Sports Began

Dear Friends, Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Little v. Hecox, affirming Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and ending six years of litigation that began before the law ever took effect. The Court confirmed what Idaho argued from the very beginning: “states may maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females.” In 2020, Idaho […]

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AG Labrador Pushes Federal Government to Further Crackdown on Illegal Robocalls

BOISE, ID — Attorney General Raúl Labrador and 48 other attorneys general today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers’ access to legitimate telephone numbers. Without that access, scammers can’t use real numbers to deceive and scam Americans. The Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force asked the FCC to work on this issue in 2021, and members of this coalition are now responding to the FCC’s proposed rules.   “Idahoans are tired of scammers swindling their […]

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Labrador Letter: Celebrating 250 Years of American Independence

Dear Friends, I had the chance to visit Boston for the first time last week and walk the Freedom Trail through one of the most historic cities in our country. I stood at the Old State House, where the Declaration of Independence received one of its earliest public readings on July 18, 1776, just weeks […]

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Labrador Letter: Upholding the Second Amendment

Dear Friends, This week, the United States Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law that made it a crime for concealed carry permit holders to walk onto private property open to the public unless the owner had first given express permission. In a 6-3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez, the Court ruled that the law, […]

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