The Senate is deep into debating SCR 108, the resolution calling for Idaho to petition for an Article V constitutional convention to add a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Opponents of the measure, including one dressed as Ben Franklin, have been meeting with…
The Senate State Affairs Committee has voted 8-1 to kill HB 95, Rep. Lynn Luker’s bill to make the identities of everyone who wins $600 or more in the Idaho Lottery secret. Objections to the move came from the lottery itself, as well as from...
House Speaker Scott Bedke says he has appointed Rep. Clark Kauffman to serve on the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Bedke said Tuesday that Kauffman, a Republican from Filer, replaces Rep. Greg Chaney, a Republican from Caldwell. Chaney had served...
Idaho lawmakers approved $52 million in emergency road funding on Wednesday, sweeping virtually the entire state budget surplus that’s been developing during the current year into emergency repairs. “This is an effort to be fast, get the money on the ground,” said Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, co-chair of the Legislature’s joint budget...
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