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Guv vetoing 25 budget bills

Gov. Butch Otter vetoes a stack of 25 budget bills on Tuesday. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)
Gov. Butch Otter vetoes a stack of 25 budget bills on Tuesday. (Betsy Russell / The Spokesman-Review)

Gov. Butch Otter is vetoing 25 budget bills, telling lawmakers he'll continue the vetoes until they act on his transportation plan.  "We've got to continue to try, because every day the problem is going to get worse," the governor declared. "They're all bills that need to be addressed by the Legislature before they go home, and they know that." He said, "We're going to continue to take this kind of action until we see some concrete movement. They need to know that I'm serious."



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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