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A day of public input - huge outpouring to lawmakers on three issues

Today is really seeing an amazing outpouring of citizen input to Idaho's Legislature. This morning, more than 200 people flocked to a public hearing on health care nullification; after nearly four hours of testimony, that hearing was continued to tomorrow morning. This afternoon, hundreds have gathered for the second day of public testimony on a sweeping public school reform plan; that hearing, which started at 3 p.m., still is going on; more than 130 people signed up to testify, with opponents of the plan outnumbering backers by nearly five to one. That hearing also is scheduled to continue tomorrow. And in the House Judiciary Committee, a large crowd, including numerous people who traveled from North Idaho to Boise to testify, is giving input to lawmakers on proposed tribal policing legislation; this hearing started at 1:30, and more than five hours later, it, too, is still going.



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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