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Eye On Boise

Lawmakers celebrate end of 88-day session

House Speaker Scott Bedke, shortly after the House adjourned for the year (Betsy Russell)
House Speaker Scott Bedke, shortly after the House adjourned for the year (Betsy Russell)

Once the House had adjourned, Speaker Scott Bedke invited everyone – including Gov. Butch Otter, the press, staffers and others – to a cake reception in the speakers’ office, and representatives, family members and others filled the hallways, talking and enjoying their cake. Bedke told the House amid laughter, “You’re all welcome to come to the speaker’s office and eat in the majority leader’s office."



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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