Thu., March 1, 2018
There was drama in JFAC this morning, as three competing motions were made on the budget for the Idaho Secretary of State’s office – and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney says the result is that he’s looking at not being able to make the required…
Thu., March 1, 2018
Here’s an article from Idaho Education News: By Clark Corbin The Idaho House narrowly passed a bill Thursday that would force school districts to wait a year after a failed bond issue before running another one. Sponsoring Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, said HB 639 is…
Thu., March 1, 2018
The Senate has voted 26-9 in favor of HB 463, the governor’s tax-cut bill, sending the measure to the governor’s desk. The nine “no” votes included all six Senate Democrats, plus three Republicans: Sens. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, the Senate tax chairman; Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton, the...
Thu., March 1, 2018
More from today’s tax-cut debate in the Senate: Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, said the personal and corporate income taxes are the ones targeted for cuts in HB 463 because “that’s where the money is coming from.” He said, “I think it’s a good one to...
Thu., March 1, 2018
More from this morning’s debate in the Senate on the tax-cut bill, HB 463: Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, distributed a handout with calculations for various scenarios, including just conforming with federal tax changes, and also adding state income tax cuts, as in HB 463,…
Thu., March 1, 2018
From the Senate debate so far on HB 463, the tax-cut bill: Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, D-Boise, said, “There is much at stake when we reduce our revenue by this level.” She noted that Idaho is still restoring programs cut during the recession, from infrastructure to...
Thu., March 1, 2018
Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, a retired CPA, told the Senate, “I get excited about tax policy – I guess it’s one of my character defects. And I get excited talking about this bill.” He’s presenting HB 463, the $200 million income tax cut...
Thu., March 1, 2018
The Idaho Senate has reconvened after a break for party caucuses, and the next item on its agenda is HB 463, the big House-passed income tax cut bill. You can watch live here.
Thu., March 1, 2018
After a lengthy hearing this morning, the House State Affairs Committee has rejected legislation from Rep. Ron Nate, R-Rexburg, to end the requirement that government agencies publish legal notices, and instead allow agencies to just post those notices on their individual websites. “This is only...
Thu., March 1, 2018
Paulette Jordan's campaign says a “staff error” resulted in an email being sent out Wednesday claiming she is the “only Democrat ever elected” to the Legislature from northern Idaho. Jordan, who represented the 5th Legislative District from 2014 until she resigned last week, faces Boise businessman A.J. Balukoff in the May 15 gubernatorial...
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