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Senate OKs grocery tax repeal 25-10

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.

Here’s how they voted:

Voting yes: Sens. Agenbroad, Bayer, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, DenHartog, Foreman, Hagedorn, Harris, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lakey, Lee, Martin, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Ward-Engelking, and Winder.

Voting no: Sens. Bair, Davis, Guthrie, Heider, Hill, Mortimer, Siddoway, Lodge, Brackett and Anthon. More here.



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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