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Statehouse roundup, 2.2.24: Budget-setting in disarray after JFAC rebellion

…Julie VanOrden, R-Pingree. Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, D-Boise. Sen. Rick Just, D-Boise. Rep. Matthew Bundy, R-Mountain Home. Rep. Britt Raybould, R-Rexburg. Rep. Rod Furniss, R-Rigby. Rep. James Petzke, R-Meridian. Rep. Clay…

The election money race: an early Top 10 list

…four sitting lawmakers, and has loaned $20,000 to her campaign. She is positioning for a rematch in District 15. Democrat Rick Just, who narrowly defeated Galloway in 2022, has raised…

Statehouse roundup, 1.16.24: The year’s first budget bills surface

…weeks. “We have every intention of meeting every day,” Horman told Sen. Rick Just, D-Boise. “You can choose to believe that we might not do that.” The maintenance budgets passed…

Statehouse roundup, 3.30.23: Senate passes library porn bill, teacher pay bill rolls through Legislature

…to proponents of HB 314. Sen. Rick Just, D-Boise, said library collections are meant to serve everyone in the community, even when their views are unpopular. “There are things in…

Senate rejects Echeverria appointment to charter commission

…Hill No: Bob Geddes (substitute for Mark Harris, R-Soda Springs); Linda Wright Hartgen, R-Twin Falls; Rick Just, D-Boise; Ali Rabe, D-Boise; James Ruchti, D-Pocatello; Geoff Schroeder, R-Mountain Home; Carrie Semmelroth,…

Senate passes Idaho Launch bills, as incentive plan nears finish line

…Kevin Cook, R-Idaho Falls; C. Scott Grow, R-Eagle; Jim Guthrie, R-McCammon; Mark Harris; R-Soda Springs; Linda Wright Hartgen, R-Twin Falls; Rick Just; D-Boise; Abby Lee, R-Fruitland; Dave Lent, R-Idaho Falls;…

Analysis: The Legislature changes the rules on building schools … for better or worse

…“I have a hard time calling the elimination of the March election date ‘property tax relief,’” said Sen. Rick Just of Boise, who voted for the bill anyway. Same for…

Statehouse roundup, 3.20.23: Library bill heads to Senate after two-hour debate

…bill’s Senate sponsor, Sen. Todd Lakey, R-Nampa. Sen. Rick Just, D-Boise, said the bill essentially chooses winners and losers, by placing Christian faith ahead of all others. “Let’s keep a…

Analysis: Private tuition bill passes one milestone, but it faces an uncertain path

…Falls. No: Ben Adams, R-Nampa; Van Burtenshaw, R-Terreton; Kevin Cook, R-Idaho Falls; Jim Guthrie, R-McCammon; Linda Wright Hartgen, R-Twin Falls; Rick Just, D-Boise; Abby Lee, R-Fruitland; Dave Lent, R-Idaho Falls;…

Statehouse roundup, 3.14.23: Boise State building project survives … barely

…institutions,” Petzke said. Supporting Petzke, Sen. Rick Just, D-Boise, castigated budget-writers for trying to zero out Boise State, saying it continues a pattern of “disrespecting” the state’s largest university. Sen….