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Idaho officially casts Electoral College votes for Trump and Vance
2 hours ago · Idaho’s four presidential electors officially cast their ballots in the Electoral College for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Trump overwhelmingly won the popular vote in Idaho in November’s general election ...
A look inside the big bucks and key players in Idaho’s 2024 …
May 28, 2024 · On May 21, Idahoans cast their ballots in one of the state’s most expensive primary elections. According to campaign finance records as of May 21, Idaho legislative candidates raised more than $4.6 million to their campaigns, including individual reports of donations that exceed $1,000.
No budget surplus expected as Idaho begins new fiscal year today
Jul 1, 2024 · The prospect of no budget surplus is a change for the state, which was breaking state budget surplus records in recent years. The 2021 fiscal year ended with a state budget surplus of about $900 million, a record at the time, the Sun previously reported.A year later, the 2022 fiscal year ended with a $2 billion budget surplus, setting another new record.
As Idaho revenues fall short, hopes for another big budget surplus ...
Jun 4, 2024 · The days of record-breaking state budget surpluses appear to be over in Idaho, at least for the time being. With the state approaching the end of its fiscal year on June 30, state revenues came in below projections in April, the most recent figures publicly available.
Repeal or reform: The Idaho Legislature’s plans for Medicaid …
14 hours ago · In 2018, after years of stalled legislative efforts to address the Medicaid gap, nearly 61% of Idaho voters approved a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid.. Since then, support for expansion has risen, public polling from 2023 shows. But that doesn’t mean the will of the public “will prevail,” Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D …
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Dec 11, 2024 · Biden urged to ensure immigrants’ temporary legal status before Trump mass deportations BY: Ariana Figueroa - December 11, 2024 WASHINGTON — Jose Cabrera took off work from his landscaping job to join three Latino Democratic senators for a Wednesday press conference urging the Biden administration to renew protected statuses, like his, before the return of President-elect Donald Trump to ...
Idaho Republicans add to supermajority by picking up 3 seats in …
Nov 7, 2024 · With all votes in Idaho counted, Republicans are set to increase their supermajority in the Idaho Legislature by three seats. Once election officials finished counting ballots Wednesday, final, unofficial results released by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office Wednesday afternoon showed that incumbent Sen. Rick Just, D-Boise, and incumbent Reps. Ned Burns, D-Bellevue, and Nate Roberts, D ...
After an election shakeup and a resignation, Idaho Senate …
Dec 2, 2024 · Sen. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, has publicly announced he is seeking the Senate president pro tem position. In a Nov. 22 interview with the Idaho Capital Sun, Grow said he would give up his position as co-chair of the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, if he is elected Senate president pro tem.
‘We are paying attention’: Idaho Secretary of State sees influx of ...
May 16, 2024 · Senate Bill 1273, which was brought to the Legislature by McGrane, would have required his office to mail a new informational voter guide to every household in the state 30 days before a primary and general election.It passed the Idaho Senate in a 13-22 vote, but the House State Affairs Committee never took up the bill after it was referred to the committee in late February, the Idaho Capital ...