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The 2009 Idaho Legislature has finally concluded after 117 days and a cost of more than $3.5 million to taxpayers. After the second-longest session in Idaho Legislative history, many of us are asking "What do Idahoans have to show for it?"

While transportation funding was the Legislature's main hurdle, the economy was the real story of the session. Over the past year, Idaho has gone...read more

Sen. Elliot Werk (District 17, Boise) sent the following message to constituents in his newsletter last weekend. The session is now in its 113th day, and there's no end in sight to the standoff.

The Idaho legislative session is now in its 111th day - the 2nd longest session in history. The conservative Republican Governor is locked in a battle to raise the gas tax in the deepest recession in...read more

The Idaho House adjourned "Sine Die" (without a planned date to meet again) shortly before 9 p.m. on April 29, over the objections of House Democrats

House Minority Leader John Rusche said "I don't believe it's constitutional," and reminded his colleagues that when the Senate attempted to adjourn without concurrence of the House in 1980, they were not permitted to do so...read more