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Eye On Boise archive for April 19, 2009

SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009

Guv will 'act on legislation'

Rumors were hot Friday that Gov. Butch Otter was about to veto some bills as his dispute with the House over transportation funding heated up, but nothing happened. Now, there's this announcement from the governor's office: He's invited the news media to join him Monday…

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How long it is...

When lawmakers convene on Monday morning, it'll be the 99th day of the legislative session, which already is the second-longest in state history. Idaho's legislative sessions have averaged just under 71 days since statehood, but seven of the past 10 annual sessions have stretched longer…

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"Spuddy Buddy," a figure that promotes Idaho potatoes, was among the "Idaho trinkets" that U.S. Sen. Jim Risch presented to Idaho military members he met while on a tour of the Middle East. Risch's trip also included meetings with the heads of state of five nations; he's Idaho's first senator on the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees in nearly three decades; the last one was Sen. Frank Church. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

This spud's for you...

On the turbulent border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, an Idaho soldier who's serving on a multi-national security force now has a new Spuddy Buddy figure, a box of Idaho candy and a Senate medallion, after his home-state senator came by on an international…

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