Here's a news item from The Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lingering disputes over an urban renewal reform bill now in the Idaho Legislature have left its fate into limbo, with House Revenue and Taxation Committee chairman shelving the bill, at least for now. Rep. Dennis Lake, a Republican from Blackfoot, suggested Wednesday there may be so many objections that a resolution will have to wait until the 2011 Legislature convenes next January. This impasse follows hours of meetings already during the 2010 session. At Wednesday's hearing, officials from Ketchum and tiny Harrison in northern Idaho argued the present push to reform and modernize the state's 1965 urban renewal statutes would hamper their ability to complete long-planned economic development projects. Meanwhile, critics of districts' taxing power remain unhappy because provisions requiring their boards to be elected, not appointed, are nowhere in the bill.

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