On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, host Melissa Davlin interviews Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb, D-Boise, and Rep. Caroline Nilsson Troy, R-Genesee, about sexual harassment and respectful workplace policies; discusses health care, from the governor and lieutenant governor’s executive order to the dual-waiver proposal, with...
State Rep. Paulette Jordan, D-Plummer, will take next week off from the Legislature to campaign for governor, the Lewiston Tribune reports; she intends to bring in a substitute to cover for her for the week, so no votes will be missed. "This will allow me...
Today, on the deadline for filing personal bills in the Senate, Sen. Maryanne Jordan, D-Boise, filed a Medicaid expansion bill. “I did it because we are going to have substantive discussions this year on health care, and I think it’s important to continue to measure...
The co-chairs of the Legislature’s Economic Outlook & Revenue Assessment Committee, which held hearings on Idaho’s economy and heard testimony from economists, industry representatives and others about its prospects, presented its revenue estimate to JFAC this morning, and the joint budget committee voted unanimously to…
There wasn’t much to Lt. Gov. Brad Little’s budget request for his office, which has three employees – himself, his chief of staff, and an administrative assistant. When Little appeared before JFAC for his budget hearing this morning, he recalled interning for the joint budget…
Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf has been leading up to this for several years, and today he presented his budget request to lawmakers to modernize the state’s business systems – including the statewide accounting, payroll, and procurement systems and more. It’s a $102 million project...
The Public Employee Retirement Fund was up for its budget hearing this morning in the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, and when Director Don Drum said, “This has been a really good 18 months for PERSI,” some JFAC members laughed at the understatement. The PERSI fund had…
A maintenance worker works on a security camera high above the 4th floor rotunda in a quiet Idaho state Capitol on Friday morning. As is common on Fridays early in the legislative session, few committee meetings are scheduled today as lawmakers head back home to...
An Idaho court has approved class-action status lawsuit for the case challenging Idaho’s public defense system as unconstitutional. The state of Idaho had strenuously opposed class action status for this case, arguing that the lawsuit should be limited to the four individuals who sued. The…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff called yesterday for the Legislature to introduce legislation to repeal Idaho’s 6 percent sales tax on groceries. “The state is balancing its budget on the backs of working Idahoans every time they go to the grocery store and it’s time…
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