A plan to cap medical benefits for current state retirees and eliminate medical retirement benefits for future hires passed the Senate late today after a heated debate, on a 23-10 vote. The bill, SB 1447, now moves to the House. Click below to read the…
Here’s an item from the Associated Press: Former elk rancher Rex Rammell has shed his Republican ties and will run for U.S. Senate as an independent because he says his former party has anointed Lt. Gov. Jim Risch as its chosen candidate. Rammell, 47, who…
The House has approved an array of amendments to HB 599, the personal property tax repeal, but defeated one to cap the break at $50,000 in value for each business. That move would have cut the eventual cost of the business tax break from more…
The sponsors have asked the House State Affairs Committee to hold the giant, 93-page election consolidation bill, HB 637, and will instead work on the bill more over the summer and bring it back next year. Lobbyist John Watts said, “There’s a lot of ragged…
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