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Last day matches prickly session…

The Senate killed a hard-fought energy compromise by one vote, the House speaker booted two moderates out of their committee chairmanships, and Idaho's wild 2011 legislative session ground to a finish Thursday after 88 days - the seventh-longest session in state history, and clearly one of the prickliest. Minority Democrats branded the session the "worst in memory," and even majority Republicans called it "difficult" and "frustrating." House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, said, "It was a difficult session, but I think when it's all said and done, that we did what we had to do." You can read my full last-day story here at spokesman.com.



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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