The Lava Ridge project, spanning 57,447 acres across south-central Idaho’s public lands, is paused until further review.

"Going forward, this is the process: if there’s not local support, we don’t do the project." Lt Gov Scott Bedke in Jerome to toast the halted Lava Ridge wind energy project

Among the flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump this week was one targeting a massive wind energy project in Idaho. Some officials and activists are applauding the move.

GOP lawmakers in Idaho are pushing to end same-sex marriage by sending a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to overturn its landmark decision.

In 2006, Idaho voters passed an amendment to the state Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, though the Supreme Court’s ruling nearly a decade later found that such laws violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection and due process guarantees.