Legislature’s interim committees gear up; three are meeting today

The Idaho Legislature’s interim committees, which are panels of both senators and representatives that meet in the interim between legislative sessions, are finally getting rolling this week, with three committees meeting, including the most high-profile, the K-12 Educational System Interim Committee, which convened its first meeting this morning at 8:30 in the Lincoln Auditorium; you can listen live here.

Also meeting today: The Energy, Environment & Technology interim committee is in the second day of a three-day meeting; and the Public Defense Reform Interim Committee meets this afternoon; there’s more info here .

Idaho Education News reporter Kevin Richert is posting a detailed live blog of today’s K-12 committee meeting throughout the day today; you can see it here . The meeting is scheduled to run until 4:30.