You can read my full story here at spokesman.com on today’s move by the House State Affairs Committee to target the Idaho Lottery’s touch tab lottery machines, pictured above; and my full story here on today’s House vote to pass a $51 million tax cut…
The Idaho State Board of Education has given its formal approval to conduct a community college taxing district election in Bonneville County, intended to transform Eastern Idaho Technical College into a new community college called the College of Eastern Idaho. Dave Goins of Idaho News…
As Betsy DeVos’ nomination comes down to a final vote, Idaho’s Republican senators haven’t publicly pledged to support President Trump’s controversial education secretary nominee, Idaho EdNews reports. The non-answers come as DeVos faces a razor-thin Senate vote, and possibly a historic vote. The Senate hasn’t…
Idahoans with gas hybrid vehicles would be relieved from paying a $75 a year surcharge that lawmakers imposed in 2015, under legislation that cleared a unanimous House Transportation Committee this afternoon. “The basic thing was back in 2015 … we didn’t know what a hybrid…
Last year, a Senate committee deadlocked on Corvette-driving Sen. Jim Patrick’s proposal to remove Idaho’s requirement for a front license plate on vehicles, killing it on a 4-4 vote. Today, the House Transportation Committee agreed unanimously to introduce a different version of the bill from…
The House has voted 58-11 in favor of HB 67, Rep. Mike Moyle’s tax cut bill, which would lower the top personal and corporate income tax rates from 7.4 percent to 7.2 percent, plus exempt the first $750 in taxable income. Its fiscal impact is...
In further debate on tax cuts in the House: Rep. Karey Hanks, R-St. Anthony, said, “I will vote for this bill, but I hope this is just a starting point.” Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Idaho Falls, said, “I will be supporting this bill. I would just...
The House this morning is debating HB 67, the tax-cut bill. House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, opening the debate, said, “When businesses come here, they look at that top income tax rate.” His bill would lower the top personal and corporate income tax rates…
The Senate has voted unanimously in favor of HB 1, the first bill introduced this session, clarifying HJR 5, the administrative rules constitutional amendment that passed in the November election. “This was great to see the public’s support for the constitutional amendment,” Sen. Chuck Winder,…
A reluctant House State Affairs Committee voted 10-5 this morning to forward legislation to outlaw the Idaho Lottery’s “touch tab” vending machines to the full House, but without the customary recommendation that it “do pass.” Instead, the successful motion, after a two-hour hearing, forwarded HB...
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