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‘Optimistic we’ll be done tomorrow’

Senate Transportation Chairman John McGee, R-Caldwell, presides over a committee meeting Wednesday afternoon as part of a tentative, session-ending deal on transportation funding. At right is Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)
Senate Transportation Chairman John McGee, R-Caldwell, presides over a committee meeting Wednesday afternoon as part of a tentative, session-ending deal on transportation funding. At right is Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

Legislation to raise $13.1 million a year more from DMV fees also has cleared the Senate Transportation Committee and is on its way to the full Senate, as part of a tentative end-of-session transportation funding deal. Meanwhile, House Republicans are headed into a closed-door caucus at 4 p.m. to discuss the deal, while House Democrats will hold an open caucus at the same time. Said Senate Transportation Committee Chairman John McGee, R-Caldwell, "I'm optimistic that we'll be done tomorrow."



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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