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Eye On Boise archive for Jan. 6, 2013

SUNDAY, JAN. 6, 2013

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter talks with about 100 reporters on Friday in Boise. (Associated Press)

A test of leadership for Gov. Otter...

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter faces a major leadership test when Idaho lawmakers convene their legislative session on Monday: convincing many from his own party that it’s in the state’s best interest to run its own health insurance exchange, when many want no part of “Obamacare.”…

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Labrador mum on speaker vote abstention

Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador not only abstained from the vote to re-elect John Boehner as speaker of the U.S. House, he collected a vote himself for the post. Ohio GOP Rep. Justin Amash, who’s at odds with his party leadership and recently was stripped of…

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