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Senate clears its calendar, prepares to adjourn for the year…

Idaho Senate leaders, from left, Sens. Michelle Stennett, Brent Hill, Chuck Winder and Lt. Gov. Brad Little discuss details with Senate Secretary Jennifer Novak, right, as the Senate prepares to adjourn sine die on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.  (Betsy Z. Russell)
Idaho Senate leaders, from left, Sens. Michelle Stennett, Brent Hill, Chuck Winder and Lt. Gov. Brad Little discuss details with Senate Secretary Jennifer Novak, right, as the Senate prepares to adjourn sine die on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (Betsy Z. Russell)

After sending the final bill on its calendar – SB 1162, the “diet GARVEE” bill that called only for $300 million in GARVEE bonding – back to the Senate Transportation Committee, the Senate is now ready to adjourn sine die, ending this year’s legislative session. Committees have been appointed to notify the governor and the House - anyone who's left there, that is.



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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