Attorney General Raúl Labrador

Attorney General Protecting Idaho Families. Former Congressman and Founding Member of the House @FreedomCaucus.

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The H-1B visa program was originally intended to bring in foreign workers only when Americans aren’t available. Instead, corporations have exploited it to replace American workers with cheaper foreign labor.

I’m urging the Department of Labor to raise the wage floors that make this abuse profitable. When the financial incentive disappears, so does the scheme.
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My office secured a settlement with a business that sold subscriptions to online day trading courses. Our investigation found violations of the Idaho Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits false and deceptive advertising.

The people of Idaho passed the Consumer Protection Act for this reason, and my office will hold bad actors accountable.
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I enjoyed speaking at the Albertsons’ Legal Summit this week about my path to public service, the work the Office of Attorney General does for Idahoans, and the lessons I’ve learned about leading with purpose.

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Activists sued to stop President @realDonaldTrump’s White House Ballroom. I filed a brief joined by 18 other states in urging the Supreme Court to reject their attempt. Chief Justice Roberts has temporarily stayed the lower court’s order, allowing construction to continue while the Court considers the case.

The group claimed no injury of its own. Instead, it relied on one member who said the completed building would diminish her enjoyment of visiting the White House. Not because she would lose access, but because she would have to look at it.

Activists cannot be allowed to manufacture standing from personal displeasure and use it to stop any project they oppose.

[Attorney General Raúl Labrador @Raul_Labrador]

This settlement isn’t about a check, it’s about forcing Meta to change and putting parents back in control. For years, Meta designed its platforms to keep children scrolling while sidelining their parents. Now parents will have greater control over what their children see and when it’s time to put the phone down.

I spoke with @LarsLarsonShow about why this matters:

[Gem State Chronicle @gemstatechron]

Press release: Attorney General Raúl Labrador joins a 48-state coalition announcing a $29.6 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Glenmark over price-fixing allegations.

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Read more about this settlement that empowers parents and protects Idaho families:
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NEWS: We’ve delivered the largest big tech settlement in history for child protection. Meta agreed to pay $17.1 billion, with at least $89.2 million of that coming to Idaho.

More importantly, Meta will change how Instagram and Facebook treat children:

- Stronger, more user-friendly parental controls

- “Nighttime blocks” restricting children’s access between midnight-6am

- Robust measures to more effectively verify the age of young users

- A two hour daily limit on a child's account

- No notifications, and limited access for children during the school day

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NEW: Meta agrees to pay up to $17 billion and make sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram for minors, bringing a landmark federal trial over claims its platforms harmed children to an abrupt end.

@ClaudiaCowanFox reports the settlement with 29 states would require stronger age verification, usage limits, overnight restrictions and breaks, along with bans on features like plastic surgery filters.

Meta denies wrongdoing, according to court documents. The deal still needs court approval and would remain in effect for the next 10 years.

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[Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force @IcacIdaho]

ICAC PRESS RELEASE
BOISE, ID – Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced that investigators with the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested 51‑year‑old Noah Welch Shiner on August 25, 2026. Shiner is a sergeant with the City of Heyburn Police Department.

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Drug companies rigged prices on generic medications and Idahoans paid the difference. I joined a coalition of states in a $29.6 million settlement with Glenmark, one of the generic manufacturers at the center of a decade-long price-fixing conspiracy.

Idaho is one of only two states in the coalition that secured restitution for businesses, not just consumers. Meaning that Idaho employers who paid inflated prices have a path to recovery too.

To determine if you are eligible, call 1-866-290-0182, email [email protected], or visit https://t.co/ZgTd5cudRL. Businesses can file at https://t.co/SCb0LW2ZCb

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I rarely comment on celebrity news, but Dolly Parton’s music and influence spanned nearly my entire life. She had so many great hits but her rendition of “God Only Knows” with for KING & COUNTRY lifted me at a point when I needed it most. I’ll always be grateful. Rest in peace, Dolly.

for KING & COUNTRY + Dolly Parton - God Only Knows (Official Music Video) https://t.co/M2oBfplLsP via @YouTube

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Twin Falls County Man Sent to Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Exploitation Material
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Attorney General Raúl Labrador's weekly newsletter on his formal comments urging the Trump Administration to fix the proposed grizzly bear rule and protect Idaho's wildlife management authority.

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[Attorney General Raúl Labrador @Raul_Labrador]

The grizzly bear is one of the most emblematic animals of the Mountain West, and it is a perfect example of the federal government continuously overreaching into state affairs and management.  The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been a frequent vehicle bringing federal bureaucracy into states, particularly in the West.  Spotted owls, wolves, salmon – each one with stifling regulation and economy-collapsing rules.

Grizzly bears were listed as a protected species in 1975. Fifty years later, the grizzly population has grown, and the bears have naturally pushed into areas where Idahoans live, work, and recreate. That expansion comes with public safety risks, damage to private property and livestock, and a heavy management burden on our state agencies and local communities.  

Rulemaking to revise that 1975 listing is in progress right now. But in the meantime, we are stuck with a federal rule that governs what Idaho can and cannot do about the bears. The Trump Administration recently proposed a new version of that rule, with the stated goal of cutting needless federal bureaucracy and giving states more flexibility. I applaud that goal. However, this week I sent formal comments to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik explaining why the proposal does not yet get there.

As currently written, the proposal makes the paperwork and bureaucracy worse instead of better, and it hands more opportunities to the activist litigation machine that has been suing Idaho over wildlife management for years. That machine is already well-funded at taxpayer expense. A rule full of vague standards and multi-step approval processes is a gift to the environmental activist lawyers filing continuous lawsuits.

Here is one striking example: The proposal builds a new tier of restrictions around the idea that a grizzly bear might get caught in a trap set for another animal. The data says otherwise. Decades of year-round coyote trapping in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming produced no grizzly capture or injury. Neither did the expansion of Idaho's regulated wolf trapping seasons since 2011. Not one documented grizzly capture in a lawfully set trap. Zero.

So where did this manufactured concern come from?  It first appeared in the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2024 assessment, tracking comments from a scientific peer reviewer who was, at the same time, a paid expert witness for Earthjustice, one of the non-profits responsible for the ongoing lawfare. That firm was suing to shut down wolf trapping across roughly half of Idaho. The peer reviewer told the government he had no conflicts of interest. That was clearly not true.

That is at the heart of my letter to the Administration.  These lawsuits pay lip service to actual conservation while serving special interest fundraising and financing a proliferation of lawyers. Every hour my office spends defending against them is an hour and a dollar taken from actual conservation work that produces results. 

I asked the Administration for two things above all. (1) Write clear, plain criteria into the rule so an Idaho trapper or a state biologist can read it and know what the law requires. And (2), respect the Constitution. Under the anti-commandeering doctrine, Washington D.C. cannot force a state to police its own citizens as the price of avoiding federal liability. The rule should plainly state so.

Much of the public comment already filed in this docket is typical advocacy campaign boilerplate letters that treat Idaho's agencies and local communities as if they had made no investment or sacrifice in this recovery. Idaho carried this program for fifty years, and we are the ones living with the successful results. We should not be handed even tighter restrictions as the reward.  My office will continue to fight against federal overreach into Idaho’s state affairs and our natural resources.

[Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force @IcacIdaho]

Canyon County Man Sent to Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Exploitation Material
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$40 trillion in debt is a national disgrace and both parties are responsible.

I spent eight years in Congress fighting to cut spending. Too many members cared more about bringing home the bacon than preventing national bankruptcy, while the local media attacked me for opposing spending, especially if it affected Idaho.

We need leaders willing to say no. If Washington doesn’t get serious, interest on the debt will consume our tax dollars, drive taxes and inflation higher, and leave America too weak to defend itself or survive the next crisis.

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The U.S. national debt just crossed a staggering new threshold: $40 TRILLION.

More than $11.5 trillion of that debt has been added during President Trump's first term and the opening stretch of his second term, accounting for roughly one-fourth of the current total.

Federal spending has accelerated as an aging population drives Social Security and Medicare costs higher, while elevated interest rates make servicing the growing debt even more expensive. Annual interest costs now top $1 trillion.

See how the national debt has climbed under each president and the trend that's pushing America's tab higher.

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Four years ago, the Supreme Court rightfully returned the issue of abortion to the states. Idaho immediately passed the Defense of Life Act to further protect the lives of unborn children while still allowing doctors to act when a mother's life is at risk.

Last week, a federal judge defied that SCOTUS ruling and invented a new right to abortion based on general health risks or threats of suicide. We have appealed to the Ninth Circuit, and we will fight until this ruling is reversed and Idaho’s law is restored.
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For the past five decades, Idaho has grown the grizzly bear population back to health through real investment and sacrifice from our state agencies and local communities. Now it's time the federal government admitted that success instead of rewarding armchair critics and taxpayer-funded activist lawyers who want to run our state from a courtroom.

The science and the law both say these bears should be delisted. Until that happens, Idaho needs a rule that protects our hunters, trappers, and rural communities from being sued into submission by radical environmentalist groups
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[Gem State Chronicle @gemstatechron]

Press release: Attorney General Raúl Labrador submits comments urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist grizzly bears from the Endangered Species Act and return management authority to Idaho.

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For years, Meta built features into Facebook and Instagram designed to keep kids hooked, while telling parents their kids were safe. Today a coalition of states, including Idaho, opens trial against Meta for allegedly exploiting children's vulnerabilities and hiding the risks.

I'm proud to stand with this coalition to hold them accountable.
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