Gov. Butch Otter has issued his first veto of the legislative session – using his line-item veto to nix $16.8 million in substance-abuse treatment funding, a top priority that numerous lawmakers have been working on for several years. “There is no question that we need…
Legislation calling for a $550,000 outside performance evaluation of the Idaho Transportation Department cleared the Senate Transportation Committee this afternoon on a unanimous vote, buoying House members who are insisting on the audit as a condition for going along with revenue bills to raise more…
A move to send the grocery tax relief bill to the amending order failed 10-25, and then the Senate voted 27-8 in favor of the bill, sending it to the governor’s desk. The move to amend was for fear of the out-years financial impact of…
Here’s a link to my story in today’s paper about what’s become of the big push to review all of Idaho’s tax breaks and see whether they’re still warranted, called for by a joint legislative interim committee. At this point, it’s down to three bills…
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