Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, has decided to give up his coveted seat on the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee after five years to focus on economic development legislation in the coming session. “My background is economic development, it is business management,” said Henderson, a fourth-term lawmaker. In JFAC this year, with revenue so short, Henderson said, the task will be “to do more of what we did in the last two years - keep crunching it smaller and smaller. We so badly need new revenue. I want to find ways to help our existing industries/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.

Question: Who do you consider to be the best legislator from District 5 -- Sen. Jim Hammond, Rep. Frank Henderson, or Rep. Bob Nonini?