It turns out that the House recessed without first taking the formal step of transmitting the bill it’d just passed to the Senate – which means it hasn’t arrived over there, and the Senate can’t refer it to committee and hold a 2 p.m. committee…
The House just voted 65-2 to uphold Speaker Bruce Newcomb’s ruling in a face-off with Rep. Bill Sali, R-Kuna, over Sali’s attempt to split up the various parts that make up HB 876, the combination property tax reform bill. “The decision of the speaker has…
The House is vigorously debating HB 876, the new combo bill that lumps together increasing the homeowner’s exemption, removing the school maintenance property tax levy, and raising the sales tax by 1.25 cents to make up the lost school funding. Among the points brought up…
A passing remark in Senate debate yesterday from Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, has prompted talk about North Idaho seceding from the state – though Jorgenson cautioned this morning, “I don’t know of any formal effort to try and do that, but there are people…
The House Revenue & Taxation Committee just got out, after an hour-long meeting in which it reached several significant decisions on remaining property tax reform issues:The panel unanimously agreed to concur in Senate amendments to both HB 421, increasing the homeowner’s exemption, and HB 422,…
Here’s an interesting report just in from reporter John Miller of the Associated Press:“BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A state senator from a Boise suburb who sits on the committee that divvies up Idaho's $2.34 billion state budget missed nearly one in three committee votes this…
The Idaho Senate just voted 18-17 in favor of SJR 108, the bill to amend the state Constitution to shift school operations funding off the property tax and raise the sales tax to make up the difference – but that wasn’t enough to pass the…
Coeur d’Alene Rep. Bob Nonini was walking around wearing a gold, oval-shaped button today that said, “Cathyanne Nonini for Lieutenant Governor.” And Rep. Eric Anderson had one that said, “Nicky Anderson for Lieutenant Governor.” Nonini joked that his wife would have an edge on Anderson’s…
The Senate has moved HB 791 on its way, the bill to impose a two-year moratorium on new coal-fired plants. The measure had already passed both houses, but last week when House Speaker Bruce Newcomb hijacked several other bills and sent them back to House…
The state capitol was reopened at 10:55 a.m. Mountain time, and folks poured back in to start up again a legislative session that's dragged into its 85th day.
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