Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho House committee has killed a Republican legislative leader's multi-faceted plan to tackle the state's growing transportation funding shortfall. The House Transportation and Defense Committee voted 14-2 on Friday to block the proposal. The bill would have raised $135 million by raising fuel taxes and registration rates — roughly half of the state's $262 million annual transportation deficit. Several committee members cited concerns that the bill — backed by House Majority Caucus Chair John Vander Woude from Nampa — would have moved $16 million in fuel tax revenue from the Idaho State Police to roads funding. The panel's vote comes two days after it endorsed a separate plan to use general funds and temporary fuel tax hikes to reach nearly $100 million in new transportation revenue. That proposal, however, has yet to pass either chamber.