Dear Friends, After several years and several attempts, Idaho finally has a law supporting real school choice. As with most all legislation, it’s not perfect, but it’s a good start for something that plays an outsized role in our state – meeting the educational needs of our kids. Education has never been effective as a […]
Dear Friends, This past month has been a remarkable period in our national history. The new Department of Government Efficiency, known colloquially as DOGE, has uncovered waste, inefficiency and corruption at unprecedented levels and in every agency examined so far. USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, has been at the center of this […]
STATE OF IDAHOOFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALRaúl R. Labrador [BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Nathanial Jensen (25) on Tuesday, February 11th, 2025, for (5) counts of possession of child sexual exploitation material. “Crimes that sexually exploit children are a cancer […]
[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in demanding answers from the world’s top asset managers to determine if they are misrepresenting and omitting essential disclosures regarding Chinese investments. In a letter sent Thursday to BlackRock, StateStreet, Invesco, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, the attorneys general raise concerns […]
[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force executed three residential search warrants this past week in the Treasure Valley. On Wednesday February 5th, 2025, Jacob Taylor (43) of Caldwell, was arrested for two (2) counts of possession of child sexual exploitation material. The Idaho […]
Dear Friends, As the old song says, “What a difference a day makes.” Just hours after taking office last Monday, President Trump placed a moratorium on the controversial Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho’s Magic Valley. This decision comes as a welcome relief for Idahoans, who have overwhelmingly opposed the project. Until recently, the Biden […]
For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 29, 2025Media Contact: Dan Estesdaniel.estes@ag.idaho.gov Attorney General Labrador Announces Settlement in Medicaid Fraud Case [BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced a $219,321.25 settlement in a Medicaid fraud investigation into Precision Diagnostics for allegedly false claims between January 2013 and December 2022, submitted to the Idaho Medicaid Program. Claims for medically unnecessary […]
Idaho Attorney General Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order Halting Lava Ridge Wind Project and Vows to Continue Idaho’s Fight in the Courts [BOISE] – Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador commends President Donald J. Trump for his decisive action in signing an executive order that temporarily halts the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho. The Lava […]
Dear Friends, This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not hear a Utah public lands lawsuit filed in August of 2024 to move undesignated Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands to individual state control. This decision was made without consideration of the constitutional merits of the case. I filed an amicus brief […]
Dear Friends, 2024 was a great year for the Office of the Attorney General and I want to share some of the accomplishments we have delivered for the people of Idaho over the last year. Every day brings a new and interesting challenge, and the diversity and complexity of issues can be staggering. But regardless […]
Dear Friends, Christmas is almost upon us and our year is drawing to a close. We are now surrounded by the beautiful decorations of the yuletide season, along with the stress – the frantic shopping, the wrapping, the baking and cooking, the social gatherings, and all the exhausting obligations we place on ourselves. Most of […]
Dear Friends, I’m happy to share that earlier this month, in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland, a federal court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act, or CTA. Idaho joined an amicus brief with 21 other states defending the court’s decision. Ostensibly written to combat money laundering, the CTA […]