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Senate panel hears three constitutional amendments

Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane answers questions from Senate Majority Caucus Chair Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, on Wednesday morning at a hearing on three constitutional amendments regarding public debt; all three already have passed the House. (Betsy Russell)
Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane answers questions from Senate Majority Caucus Chair Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, on Wednesday morning at a hearing on three constitutional amendments regarding public debt; all three already have passed the House. (Betsy Russell)

Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee had lots of questions for Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane this morning, as they consider three constitutional amendments allowing public hospitals, airports, and municipal electric systems to incur debt without a vote. The three amendments, HJR 4, HJR 5 and HJR 7, already have passed the House; they need two-thirds passage in both houses plus a majority vote of the people at the next election to amend the state constitution.



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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