On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, there’s a rundown of the events of the week; producer Seth Ogilvie interviews Senate Assistant Majority Leader Chuck Winder, R-Boise; and House Assistant Majority Leader Brent Crane, R-Nampa; and co-host Melissa Davlin moderates a discussion between Rep....
As the House was wrapping up its floor session this morning, several members asked for a privilege to speak, introducing family members or constituents in the House gallery. Then Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, rose and asked for a privilege. “Just for an announcement,” she said....
Lawmakers on Friday approved advancing a proposed amendment to Idaho's constitution that would give crime victims and their families the same rights as those charged with the crime. The proposal struck an emotional chord among legislative leaders on the Senate State Affairs Committee who sent it to the Senate floor after a teary two-hour...
If you were listening online, you might have missed it, but the Senate Judiciary Committee has just introduced two versions of what could be this year’s “going-home bill” – two transportation funding packages, both calling for hundreds of millions of dollars in new GARVEE bonding...
Elizabeth “Libby” Smith, clerk of court for the federal courts in Idaho, has been named the new circuit executive of the 9th Circuit; she will start her new job next month. Smith has managed administrative services for the U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court...
The House Ways & Means Committee has voted unanimously to introduce legislation proposed by Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, to bring councils, boards and commissions created by executive order under the Idaho Open Meeting Law. The proposal, he said, “is a very simple one, although the…
With state agency budget-setting now complete, the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has appropriated $3.448 billion for next year, a 5.4 percent increase from this year’s budget and $16.8 million less than the 5.9 percent increase reflected in the latest revised version of the governor’s budget proposals.…
The Legislature’s joint budget committee set a budget for the Idaho Transportation Department this morning that’s $585,100 less than the governor’s recommendation, because JFAC wants ITD to hold off on new cloud- based security software until it can consult with the state’s newly created director…
After much work and several last-minute revisions, JFAC has voted 19-0 in favor of a budget for the office of the State Board of Education for next year that includes $1 million to create a template for teacher evaluations and provide training on it to…
After JFAC Co-Chair Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, announced that there was a “glitch” with the budget for the office of the State Board of Education, the joint committee went on to the remaining Health & Welfare budgets this morning, for indirect support services, independent councils, licensing…
Today is the final day of agency budget-setting in the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. So far, there have been unanimous votes on the first two budgets, for the Agricultural Research & Extension Service and for Career-Technical Education. On the Ag Extension, the successful motion, from Rep....
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