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Eye On Boise archive for Jan. 2016

MONDAY, JAN. 11, 2016

House speaker's desk prior to the convening of this year's legislative session, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 (Betsy Z. Russell)

State of the State on tap...

Gov. Butch Otter will give his State of the State and budget address to a joint session of the Idaho Legislature starting at 1 p.m. today to lay out his agenda for the legislative session, speaking in the House chambers. I'll be live-blogging; check back...

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SUNDAY, JAN. 10, 2016



View from Bogus Basin on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 (Betsy Z. Russell)

Of legislative sessions and civility...

During the Idaho legislative session, one thing keeps me sane: Skiing on the weekends up at Bogus Basin. So what better way to prepare for the upcoming State of the State than a weekend on the slopes? There was a Saturday of superb conditions, on-trail...

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FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 2016

From left, Betsy Russell, Jim Weatherby, Bill Spence, and co-hosts Aaron Kunz and Melissa Davlin on Friday's "Idaho Reports" on Idaho Public TV. (Idaho PTV)

The week that was...

Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” tackles public land management and the disputes that that led to the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, in a discussion featuring co-host Melissa Davlin, Rebecca Boone of the Associated Press, Frankie Barnhill of Boise State Public Radio and…

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THURSDAY, JAN. 7, 2016










Otter on PAC, session length, lawsuits... 

Here are some more topics Gov. Butch Otter addressed at this morning’s AP Legislative Preview: OTTER PAC: “I have had tremendous support from folks in the Legislature, at the local level, at the county precinct level. My effort is to help those folks in operations…

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