AP reporter John Miller writes that today's maneuvering between the House, the Senate and the governor over the big disputes that are holding up this year's legislative session is going the House's way, and House leaders are pressing their advantage. Click below to read his…
Gov. Butch Otter met today with the co-chairs of JFAC and with GOP leaders from the House and Senate, and "we had a meeting of the minds today," said Jon Hanian, Otter's spokesman. "It was a productive meeting, and we're hopeful." The discussion today covered…
In today's 28-42 defeat of SB 1148, Gov. Butch Otter's liquor license bill, there was plenty of opposition from eastern Idaho, but perhaps more surprising was the level of opposition from North Idaho. Of the 12 representatives from the six northernmost districts, just four voted…
The Idaho House has voted 42-28 against Gov. Butch Otter's major legislation to revamp Idaho's liquor license system, which sought to end the state's 62-year-old population-based quota system and let localities approve new liquor licenses for restaurants or hotels. Rep. Jim Clark, R-Hayden Lake, the…
Here's how the House voted in its 18-51 defeat of SB 1222, the big, final budget bill that yesterday passed the Senate on a 34-1 vote:Voting in favor: 18 of the 19 House Democrats, excepting only Rep. Branden Durst, D-Boise, who was absent; plus Rep.…
The House has voted 18-51 on SB 1222, killing the big, final budget bill that passed the Senate yesterday on a 34-1 vote. It's not clear what'll happen next on that; now the House has gone on to begin debating the controversial liquor license law…
With two motions pending in the Senate Education Committee on HB 303, one from Sen. Gary Schroeder to hold the bill in committee and a substitute motion from Sen. Monty Pearce to send it to the full Senate with a recommendation that it "do-pass," committee…
HB 303, the controversial bill that passed the House yesterday regarding "use it or lose it" rules for school districts and "virtual" or online education, has been sent to the Senate's amending order, the 14th Order, on a 5-4 vote in the Senate Education Committee.…
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