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Agency requests more time on broadband repayment decision

Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The head of Idaho's Department of Administration says he's requesting more time to decide if the agency will try to recover money paid out under the illegal $60 million broadband contract. In early March, the Idaho Supreme Court agreed that a statewide contract for broadband in public schools was void. The justices said the law required the state to try to recover the money already paid out under the voided contract, but held off from officially ordering state officials to seek repayment. The court also did not say when the state should collect those repayments. Spokeswoman Diane Blume said Tuesday that Attorney General Wasden asked the department to submit a decision by April 6. However, Blume says that Director Bob Geddes is still reviewing the ruling.



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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