Legislative preview 2022
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Reader Contributor
The 2022 legislative session starts on Monday, Jan. 10 with the governor’s State of the State address, available online through Idaho Public Television. …
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Here we have Idaho: ‘This is not necessary’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For those keeping score at home, the Idaho Legislature was in session for more than 300 days this year — pushing the part-time, “citizen Legislature” …
IDLEG special session nears as some worry of creep into ‘full-time’ lawmaking body
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As the Idaho Legislature prepares to reconvene in a special session Monday, Nov. 15, there are a number of questions surrounding what it might accomplish …
Idaho’s bipartisan redistricting commission proposes new legislative map
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho’s bipartisan redistricting commission proposed a new map of state legislative districts Oct. 28, representing a potential breakthrough for the group working to redraw …
Legislature will tackle vaccine mandates, ethics complaint in Nov. 15 special session
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Statehouse reporters have confirmed that the Idaho Legislature will reconvene Monday, Nov. 15 in Boise, specifically to take up federal COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements …
Idaho House, Senate leaders working toward reconvening the Legislature
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Top legislative leaders are working on a plan to bring the Idaho Legislature back into session at the Statehouse in Boise, Speaker of the …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Gem State lawmakers remain in recess until Tuesday, April 6 — in what Capitol watchers have referred to as a “historic” suspension of proceedings owing …
Road rules
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Learning how to drive is a rite of passage — for most teenagers, it’s their first brush with adulthood and a critical step toward independence. …
The legislative roller coaster
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
When I started my first term in 2019, nearly every long-time Capitol observer told me it was the worst legislative session they ever …
Legislative update: Where did the money come from?
By Sen. Jim Woodward
Reader Contributor
A major task each legislative session is creating and approving a plan for how we will spend our state tax dollars in the upcoming …
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