After a long break, waiting for the engrossed bill, the House has voted 68-0 in favor of HB 301a, the amended version of the oil and gas regulation bill from Rep. Judy Boyle, R-Midvale. “This has become a compromise bill,” Boyle told the House. She…
The entire Canyon County House delegation just came down to the Capitol press room and held a press conference with a message: They want the Senate to approve a highway bill, so the notoriously deteriorating stretch of I-84 in their county can get fixed. “We…
The hurry-up-and-wait that often characterizes the final days of the legislative session has begun, with the House at ease for an indeterminate time, estimated by Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, at about half an hour. He told members to stay close. The House today amended…
On a series of unanimous, 33-0 votes, the Senate has now passed all seven bills that make up the public school budget and sent them to the governor’s desk. JFAC Co-Chair Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, complimented the members of the joint budget committee for their…
If things ‘round here seem a bit shrill Don’t think our reps have had their fill. When adjournment’s proposed And all debate’s closed They’ll still want to read the whole bill.
The Senate has voted 25-10 in favor of HB 67a, the grocery tax repeal bill. The bill, originally an income tax cut bill when it passed the House, now goes back to the House for concurrence in the Senate amendments.
The Idaho Senate has begun its debate on HB 67a, the bill that, after amendments, would repeal the state's 6 percent sales tax on groceries. You can listen live here.
After much debate this morning, the Senate has voted 15-20 against the amended version of SB 1188, the big transportation funding bill. Here's the vote...
Showing how quickly legislation can move at the tail end of a legislative session, HCR 29, on the state buying the H-P campus in West Boise, came up in the full House this morning – the same morning it emerged from committee – and passed...
The Idaho Senate has approved a major tax-cut bill for Idaho employers, passing SB 1195 on a 34-1 vote Wednesday to cut the unemployment premium tax rate that employers pay, saving Idaho employers $115 million over the next three years. The bill now moves to...
With just Rep. Ron Nate objecting – and he said he was only objecting “for now” – the House Revenue & Taxation Committee this morning approved HCR 29, authorizing the state to purchase the Hewlett-Packard campus in West Boise to house state agencies, in a…
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