Among agency heads addressing the CEC Committee today – that stands for Change in Employee Compensation – is Department of Health & Welfare Director Russ Barron, who reported that turnover at the department rose from 12.6 percent in 2016 to 12.9 percent in 2017, and...
Though legislation passed and was signed into law last year regarding notification of a lapse in life insurance policies, Kathy Peterson of Meridian is still on her crusade – now in its sixth year – to expand the notification to include at least an option,…
Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on the Idaho Health Care Plan, which was introduced this morning in the House Health & Welfare Committee and was the topic of a special hearing this morning in JFAC. House Health & Welfare Chairman Fred…
The legislative interim committee charged with re-examining truck registration fees in Idaho met again today, after learning that its Nov. 9 decision to just make no recommendation won’t fly. “The reason we do have this meeting is because we do have to make a recommendation,”…
There’s a big crowd gathered on all floors of the Capitol rotunda today for Idaho’s official Martin Luther King Jr./Idaho Human Rights Day ceremony. Today’s ceremony, themed “Find Common Ground,” opened with trumpeting from Boise State University trumpeters; the national anthem sung by Nichole Warner,...
Members of the Legislature’s joint budget committee took a deep dive into the Idaho Health Care Plan this morning at a special hearing, hearing from state Insurance Director Dean Cameron, Health & Welfare Director Russ Barron, and H&W Deputy Director Lori Wolff. The plan calls...
Gov. Butch Otter has sent a budget revision to the Legislature, as the state economist’s general fund revenue projections had been finalized. It shows even more growth than had been anticipated – 5.3 percent in fiscal year 2018 over 2017, and 5.3 percent in 2019...
The House Health & Welfare Committee voted this morning to introduce legislation to authorize the Otter Administration to seek waivers from the federal government in order to launch the Idaho Health Care Plan, which would allow about 35,000 Idahoans who now fall into a coverage...
The House Revenue & Taxation Committee voted unanimously his morning to introduce a federal tax conformity bill, but it only covers 2017 – the big issues with the new federal tax bill will come up in the 2018 tax conformity bill, which lawmakers are likely...
Gov. Butch Otter this morning announced that the 2018 Idaho Medal of Achievement, the state’s highest award, is being bestowed upon the late Marilyn Shuler, the longtime chair of the Idaho Human Rights Commission and champion for improving human rights in Idaho. Otter said he...
It’s a state holiday today – Martin Luther King Jr./Idaho Human Rights Day – but the Legislature is in session, as it doesn’t take holidays. JFAC is holding a special hearing this morning on the Idaho Health Care Plan, the Otter Administration’s proposed dual-waiver health…
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