This week on the show, Reps. Brent Crane and Ned Burns discuss the bills that passed and the ones that strategically were not considered this year. Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News reviews what happened in education policy. Then, Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Winder discusses unresolved Medicaid questions and the ITD sale.

Idaho Reports airs Friday at 8 pm on Idaho Public Television.

Gov. Brad Little signs 'obscene materials' library bill

“I signed that stinking library bill,” the governor told Idaho Reports on Wednesday.

Little said the bill sponsors addressed most of his concerns from the bill last year, and he doesn’t want to send the message to lawmakers that he will simply veto their legislation again if they do earnestly work to address his objections.

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Medicaid waivers bill may cause special session

A new law requiring legislative approval of any future Medicaid waivers could present reimbursement issues, with a possible $114 million financial impact to 1,842 providers.

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Elimination of student IDs for voting upheld

The Idaho Constitution protects voting as a fundamental right, but it also lets the Legislature “prescribe qualifications, limitations, and conditions for the right of suffrage,” and it subjects voting rights to registration as provided by state law.

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Bill to declare EMS ‘essential service’ left in committee

Had it advanced, the bill would have moved the EMS Bureau out of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and relocated it under the Office of Emergency Management.

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Little lets Legislature block ITD campus sale

“I did not sign these bills because the intent language unwinds statutory policy language about how the state handles surplus properties and it increases overhead for office space needs around the state. In addition, it unfairly cancels an agreed upon sales process, causing future reputational risk,” Little wrote to lawmakers.

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Transparency Helps Citizens Participate

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Legislative committees in Idaho often meet less than twelve hours after an agenda is posted. They also leave the details about how to accept public testimony up to each individual chairman. Jason Mercier, vice president and director of research at Mountain States Policy Center, joined Logan Finney to discuss possible reforms that could help Idahoans access their part-time citizen legislature.

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Gov. Brad Little signs 'obscene materials' library bill

Medicaid waivers bill may cause special session

Elimination of student IDs for voting upheld

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Bill to declare EMS ‘essential service’ left in committee

Little lets Legislature block ITD campus sale

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