HBO’s INorthwest Roundup — 4/21/09

The House has come back on the floor, its caucuses concluded, and will be taking up the amended transportation bill, HB 96. In this photo, just before the bell rang to convene, representatives looked at newspapers with headlines asking, “Will House yield to Otter’s threat?” Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise provides complete coverage of the House’s showdown w/Gov. Butch Otter here .

• Idaho House thumbs nose at Otter’s vetoes, rejects gas tax hike /Idaho Statesman
• Sun Valley Demo departs Legislature for Mexico vacation /KTVB
• America’s oldest person, 112, lives in Great Falls, Mont./ Billings Gazette
• Wolf suspected of killing dog near Missoula /Missoulian
• Doug Clark: Dachau liberator guarantees we’ll never forget /SR