Press Releases

  • June 7, 2024 - Gov. Little announces staff changes

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced changes among his staff today. Claudia Simplot Nally retires today after 29 years in the Governor’s Office. Simplot Nally joined the Governor’s Office in 1995 and has worked in the administration of five consecutive Governors – Phil Batt, Dirk Kempthorne, Jim Risch, Butch Otter, and Brad Little – a feat that is likely…

  • June 7, 2024 - Gov. Little’s statement on progress toward proving water certainty in 2024 irrigation season

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little commented today on the progress of negotiations to avoid a water curtailment order that could impact hundreds of eastern Idaho farmers. Two more groundwater districts became compliant on Thursday with an approved mitigation plan, giving them safe harbor from curtailment. The groundwater districts and surface water users remain engaged in finding a path forward…

  • June 7, 2024 - Gov. Little, Health and Welfare take steps to strengthen foster care, child welfare system

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little signed Executive Order 2024-05, the “Promoting Families and Protecting Children Act,” today and announced additional steps his administration is taking to remove barriers for foster families and better protect youth in the child welfare system.   “There is no category of children more in need of protection than those in the child welfare system.…

  • June 6, 2024 - Little, Bedke, Crapo, Risch, Simpson comment on BLM decision on massive Lava Ridge wind farm

    JOINT NEWS RELEASE Office of Governor Brad Little Office of Lieutenant Governor Scott Bedke Office of U.S. Senator Mike Crapo Office of U.S. Senator Jim Risch Office of Congressman Mike Simpson Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little, Lt. Governor Scott Bedke, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, U.S. Senator Jim Risch, and Congressman Mike Simpson reacted today to the news that the…

  • June 6, 2024 - Gov. Little appoints Idaho’s next Adjutant General, announces additional administration changes

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today his selection of Brig. Gen. Timothy J. Donnellan to serve as Idaho’s next adjutant general. The appointment takes effect June 25 as outgoing Adjutant General and Idaho National Guard Commanding General Maj. Gen. Michael J. Garshak retires after 37 years of military service. "Today, we bid farewell to a remarkable leader and…

  • May 29, 2024 - State police troopers return from mission to the U.S.-Mexico border

    Boise, ID – Governor Brad Little announced today the return of two teams of Idaho State Police (ISP) troopers deployed in April to support the State of Texas’s efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Governor Little announced the three-week mission during his State of the State and Budget Address in January, with a focus on human trafficking. The 10 troopers…

  • May 24, 2024 - Gov. Little to answer policy questions during Wednesday tele-townhall

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Little will answer policy questions from Idahoans during an hourlong AARP Telephone Town Hall on Wednesday, May 29 starting at 12 p.m. Mountain Time. Participants can join by dialing toll-free 866-767-0637 at the time of the call or by listening to the conversation live stream on the AARP Facebook page. Questions may be submitted ahead of time…

  • May 9, 2024 - Gov. Little comments on protestors’ encampment on public property near Capitol

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Little issued the following statement today after the Idaho State Police and Idaho Department of Administration confiscated items connected to a pro-Palestine protest’s illegal encampment located on public property near the Idaho Capitol that were blocking public access and interfering with other public use. The protestors were educated and warned multiple times that Idaho law prohibited…

  • May 8, 2024 - Gov. Little marks Fentanyl Awareness Day by remembering victims

    Lewiston, Idaho – Governor Brad Little highlighted National Fentanyl Awareness Day Tuesday with 600 high school students at Lewiston High School to share information about the dangers of this increasingly accessible deadly drug. He was joined by Tarina Taylor, the mother of Zachary Taylor, a 26-year-old Lewiston resident who lost his life to accidental fentanyl poisoning in 2021. Tarina shared…

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