IAC Midwinter Legislative Conference
The IAC Midwinter Legislative Conference was a success. It was long week. Committee meetings were held, lots of discussion took place, and sleep was prescribed in the end. The week started out with the affiliate meetings. Wednesday was the bulk of the agenda with all the IAC Committee meetings. The IAC Legislative Reception was beautiful …
Senate Health and Welfare – Medicaid Expansion
Well… Yesterday was an interesting day in the Idaho State Capital. Senator Schmidt presented to the Senate Health and Welfare committee for S1204 and S1205. There was a large turn out. The halls were bustling with the many people to show support and opposition to these bills. We started out good with the Senator’s introducing …
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President’s Message
This is the first of what will be four quarterly updates I’ll be writing throughout my year as the president of the Idaho Association of Counties. In each of the writings I want to discuss one of the four reasons IAC is of value to me – these are the same four I talked about …
County commissioner happy to return money to Legislature
Bonneville County Commissioner Roger Christensen is back in town this week after a visit to the Legislature where he did something almost unheard of. Instead of asking legislators for money, Christensen gave them back $29 million dollars from the Catastrophic Health Care Fund. Read more at localnews8.com.
ACLU appeals dismissal of public defense lawsuit
The ACLU of Idaho has filed a notice of appeal in its lawsuit charging that Idaho’s public defense system is constitutionally deficient, after a judge last Friday dismissed the case. Click to read more from Eye on Boise.
Boundaries redrawn between Boise and Ada counties
Commissioners for Boise and Ada counties met in Idaho City Tuesday to finalize a 12-year process that more clearly shows most of the official boundary line between the two counties. Click to view more from ktvb.com.