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Eye On Boise

The week that was…

House Chief Clerk Bonnie Alexander reads the full text of a 25-page bill on catastrophic health care on Wednesday, after House Democrats made good on their threat to slow down House action until majority Republicans allow a hearing on two bills the Dems support: A $1.25 cigarette tax increase, and a measure calling for an advisory vote of the people on this year's school reforms. (Betsy Russell)
House Chief Clerk Bonnie Alexander reads the full text of a 25-page bill on catastrophic health care on Wednesday, after House Democrats made good on their threat to slow down House action until majority Republicans allow a hearing on two bills the Dems support: A $1.25 cigarette tax increase, and a measure calling for an advisory vote of the people on this year's school reforms. (Betsy Russell)

On tonight's “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, I join Dr. Jim Weatherby and Idaho Press-Tribune Editor Vickie Holbrook, along with host Greg Hahn, to discuss the events of the week, and Greg interviews Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill and House Speaker Lawerence Denney, along with "emerging leaders" Reps. Brian Cronin and Vito Barbieri. The show airs tonight at 8 p.m., then re-airs Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Mountain time, 9:30 a.m. Pacific; it also can be seen online at www.idahoptv.org. There's also a “Web Extra” of our continued discussion after the show - in which Vickie discusses how Canyon County will gain from redistricting, I recite limericks and Jim talks about medical marijuana - and another of Greg and the legislative leaders; you can see those at www.idahoptv.org/idreports/.

Click here to see a slide show of the week in pictures, as the 12th week of Idaho's 2011 legislative session comes to a close. Let your cursor hover over the bottom part of the frame as the pictures show, to see the captions.
 



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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