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Senate is suspending rules

The Idaho Senate on Tuesday afternoon suspended its rules to take up a slew of budget bills, including the measure regarding statewide personnel funding cuts.
 (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

The Senate is back in session, and is suspending rules and passing budget bills that were on its second-reading calendar. So far, the votes all have been unanimous or near-unanimous. Senators are working their way up to the omnibus bill from JFAC regarding statewide personnel cuts; that bill has just emerged from drafting and appeared on the Internet; it’s SB 1222 .

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Eye On Boise." Read all stories from this blog