Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to establish a military-based program targeted at high school dropouts in northern Idaho is headed to the state House of Representatives for debate. A House panel voted Thursday to advance the legislation,…
The Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee has been hearing testimony, asking questions and debating HB 347, the second piece of the energy compromise, for an hour now, and it's still going. Committee members have lots of questions about the bill, which extends the renewable…
Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, reflecting on the concluding legislative session, said, "It certainly has been a difficult session, and I think that it's reflective of the struggle that Idahoans are in, whether it's economic struggle or political struggle, that we seem to be involved in…
Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, a freshman representative who won a four-way GOP primary last spring but then ran unopposed in November, is more upbeat than most in looking back on this year's legislative session. Barbieri, who stepped into the spotlight as the lead sponsor…
Rep. George Eskridge, R-Dover, has been at the center of the debate over energy this session, and he said it's been a difficult session. "It's been tough, and disappointing in some respects," said the sixth-term lawmaker. He said he has three major disappointments: How in…
On this likely last day of this year's legislative session, the Senate State Affairs Committee opened its meeting at 7:30 a.m. today, to take up HB 348, the first of two pieces into which the energy compromise bill has been broken. This bill lowers the…
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