Idaho’s top elected officials agreed today to pay out nearly $900,000 from the state’s Constitutional Defense Fund, plus interest, to the winning parties in three lawsuits for their attorney’s fees and costs – the same-sex marriage case, the case that overturned an unconstitutional anti-abortion law, and the Occupy Boise case, in which the state sought to restrict camping and demonstrations around the state Capitol. That largely depletes the Constitutional Defense Fund, which had a balance of $1.23 million, so Gov. Butch Otter said he’ll ask lawmakers in January to deposit more tax money into the fund to bring it back up into the million-dollar range/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

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