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” into an historically long...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Only twice before has the Idaho Legislature been in session as long as it has in 2021. In 2003, lawmakers sat for a record 118 days, mostly on account...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Lawmakers in Boise gaveled back into session April 6 after an 18-day recess prompted by an outbreak of COVID-19 among a number legislators and staffers; yet, according to multiple...
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 to “a rash” of...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The big tax cut Idaho House members approved on strict party lines a $389 million tax cut for state ratepayers, which proponents said would provide ongoing tax relief to...
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 year. The legislative session...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As most Idaho Statehouse watchers anticipated, the fight over the governor’s emergency powers and COVID-19 health orders has become the dominant political story only a handful of weeks into...
