Property tax veto overturned
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The Idaho Legislature voted to enact a major property tax relief proposal on Wednesday, passing it into law over Gov. Brad Little’s objections that the legislation removes an essential school election date and is unnecessarily complicated. Little vetoed the bill on Monday, to…
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Idaho ‘life of the mother’ bill advances
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The House State Affairs Committee listened to just over an hour of passionate testimony from constituents and Idaho medical providers on Wednesday, and the House passed the tweaks to Idaho’s criminal abortion statutes shortly after. The committee advanced House Bill 374 by House…
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Senate yet to act on Little’s veto
JFAC can still transfer funds for county public defense By Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports There’s an easy fix to a potential public defense funding issue in proposed property tax legislation. To recap: House Bill 292 would have inadvertently double-funded public defense for fiscal year 2024 by providing $34…
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House bill to fix veto may defund public defense for 2024
By Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports The trailer bill for a vetoed property tax bill may not provide funding for public defense for the upcoming fiscal year. Gov. Brad Little vetoed the property tax bill on Monday, but the House voted to override the veto. The Senate may…
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IDHW, AG spar over deleted phone data
By Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports Attorney General Raúl Labrador is accusing the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare of improperly deleting data from a phone issued to a former deputy attorney general. The department acknowledges it wiped the device, but says it did nothing wrong. In two new…
Keep readingIdaho House votes to overturn Governor’s veto
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho House of Representatives voted 58-12 Tuesday to overturn a veto from Gov. Brad Little on a major property tax relief proposal. The vote to overturn the veto came with just one Republican, Rep. Greg Lanting of Twin Falls, siding with the…
Keep readingNew abortion bill introduced, clarifies ‘life of the mother’ exemption
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The House State Affairs Committee introduced a new bill Monday addressing medical complications that would justify terminating a pregnancy. The bill comes after a previous bill brought by House Majority Leader Rep. Megan Blanksma, R-Hammett, was introduced but didn’t get a hearing. Idaho…
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Senate quickly pushes out new property tax bill
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The Idaho Senate quickly moved to address Gov. Brad Little’s veto of a major property tax bill over concerns it would jeopardize funding for transportation. The Senate took up amendments to several bills on Monday afternoon, gutting House Bill 198 with no debate…
Keep readingBill to ban transgender youth medical care passes Senate
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Senate passed a bill Monday to ban all gender-affirming medical care for transgender children in a 22-12 vote. House Bill 71, dubbed the “Vulnerable Child Protection Act,” now heads back to the House for concurrence on an amendment made in the…
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Little vetoes property tax bill over election date, transportation bonds
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports Gov. Brad Little issued a surprising veto Monday, rejecting a major property tax bill that lawmakers expected to finally address the years-long cry for homeowner tax relief across the state. “House Bill 292 is a hodgepodge of policy items,” Little wrote in his…
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