House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, said he discussed Rep. Phil Hart's case with "many" members of his House minority caucus, and also heard lots of comment from the public about it, before deciding to formally call for a House ethics committee to be convened.…
Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on how the Idaho House will convene a rare ethics committee to look into a complaint regarding Rep. Phil Hart.The last time the Idaho House convened an ethics committee was in 2003, when then-Speaker Bruce Newcomb…
House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, has filed a formal request for the Speaker of the House to convene an ethics committee to look into two issues regarding Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol: Hart's invoking of legislative privilege from civil process in his personal tax disputes…
Idaho's State Board of Examiners made it official this week - no further holdbacks will need to be imposed to balance Idaho's state budget by the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Instead, following legislation passed this year and signed into law by…
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