Going Home Bills Offered In The House
Boise Idaho lawmakers introduce go ing home bills to spend surplus funds on property tax relief and endowment debt pre payment. House Ways and Means proposes six million for levies cut to four mills while Democrats demand floor time for land use bills and oppose immediate action. Republicans weigh employee pay raises and bonuses as adjournment looms amid disputes over surplus allocation to endowment debt and tax relief.
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Miss McDermott
Ways and Means
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Parks Department
Idaho Doctors Face Malpractice Insurance Crisis
Idaho Insurance Director Monroe Gollaher disclosed a 300 percent rate rise offered to Argonaut Insurance Co to insure 60 percent of the state's doctors until June 1. The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee approved a compulsory joint underwriting association for most physicians after June 1 while Argonaut prepares to drop coverage for about 500 doctors.
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Rod Gramer
Boise
Idaho
Monroe Gollaher
The
Daily Bee
Argonaut Insurance Co
Seattle
Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
Argonaut
Gollaher
Bicentennial Weekend At Bonner County Fairgrounds
The two day celebration opens Saturday with rodeo square dancing musket loading and many demonstrations. Idaho Covered Wagon appears as opening ceremonies run 11 to 11 30 a m. Events include LDS Youth square dancing lunch social auction piano melodrama pie eating contest and band performances. Sunday features a school play fiddlers pottery wheel demonstrations and parking on Schweitzer Cutoff Road. All events are free and visitors are asked to wear western attire.
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Bonner County Fairgrounds
Idaho
Priest River
Sandpoint High School
Sagle
Schweitzer
Sandpoint City Council Sets Budget Meeting After Executive Session
The Sandpoint City Council will hold an executive session at 7 p.m. Monday and then meet publicly to discuss budget proposals. Mayor Les Brown said the comprehensive plan will not be addressed at the session.
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Sandpoint
Les Brown
Weather outlook for Coeur d Alene to Sandpoint
A mix of rain and snow possible through Saturday with south easterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Night precipitation around 50 percent with a low near 30 and a Saturday high near 40.
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Coeur d’Alene
Sandpoint
Lawmakers Reject Conflict Of Interest
In Boise the Idaho House rejected a proposed conflict of interest bill 13 to 52. Floor sponsor Ron Twilegar said the measure aimed to cure actual and apparent conflicts by broad coverage of state county and city officials and related boards but faced a defeats after a 45 minute debate.
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Boise
UPI
House
Idaho
Ron Twilegar
Sunshine Initiative
Twilegar
Idaho House votes to curb smoking at public meetings
Idaho representatives push a measure to ban smoking during public meetings, approving 38 to 27 after Senate approval. Sponsor Rep. T W Stivers argues smoking violates non smokers rights and harms others, while opponents question enforcement and penalties. The bill carries up to a $10 fine and moves to the governor.
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Boise
Senate
T.W. Stivers
Twin Falls
Butch Otter
Gordon Hollifield
Jerome
Perry Swisher
D-Pocatello
Priest River Given Loan for Water System Upgrade
Washington D C U S Senator James A McClure announced that Priest River Idaho received a 215000 loan from FHA to improve the town water system.
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Priest River
Washington, D.C
Idaho
FHA
U.S
James A McClure
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