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Sun. column: Millions from Amazon deal, Otter opposing grocery tax repeal, more…

Idaho’s state Capitol is shown on Friday, March 17, 2017. With spring in the air, state lawmakers are pushing to wrap up their session within the next week, but there’s still a lack of agreement on issues ranging from taxes to transportation funding. (Betsy Z. Russell / SR)
Idaho’s state Capitol is shown on Friday, March 17, 2017. With spring in the air, state lawmakers are pushing to wrap up their session within the next week, but there’s still a lack of agreement on issues ranging from taxes to transportation funding. (Betsy Z. Russell / SR)

Here’s a link to my full Sunday column, on the $15 million to $30 million boost Idaho’s state general fund coffers are likely to see next year as a result of the deal with Amazon to collect sales taxes; Gov. Butch Otter’s opposition to the repeal of the 6 percent sales tax on groceries; user-pay vs. general funds for roads; expansion of the Idaho Open Meeting Law to cover boards and commissions created by executive order; the big climate change hearing and Idaho’s mandatory minimum drug sentences.



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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