Texting bill decision: Wait a week
The House Transportation Committee has voted 8-7 to hold HB 141 until next week to try to work up new amendments to address various concerns raised about the "lite" version of a texting-while-driving ban.
Eye On Boise
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.