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Idaho House: for local control except for when they aren’t and filing day is here…

Media:

• House backs bill to derail Boise streetcar. The Idaho House aimed to derail Boise’s streetcar with a measure to require the city council to first get permission from the property owners who would be paying for the project.
• Eye On Boise: Filing period opens…
• Kevin Richert: Christmas in spring — political filing season. For political junkies, today begins the 10 filing days of Christmas.
• Recent Legislation. Discussing Immigration at the Statehouse, Sunday; the public was invited to learn more about the new bill. State Senator Michael Jorgenson says he was excited by the number of supporters.
• Idaho gun bill aims for jobs. A local lawmaker says gun and ammunition manufacturers are eyeing expansion to Idaho if the Legislature will pass a measure through that would exempt firearms made and sold in the Gem State from national gun laws.
• Committee Accepts Biker Sanctions, will Tweak Driver Sanctions. On Thursday, the Senate Transportation Committee easily passed two measures aimed at limiting cyclist behavior, but will tweak the two bills that seek to establish controls on motorists in their interactions with bikes on the road.
• Idaho Press-Tribune editorial: Local control best amid cuts. The legislative budget-writing committee’s decision to cut public school funding by $128 million for the upcoming fiscal year is a bitter pill to swallow, and it’s hard to see how the state’s classrooms will weather through without some ill effects.

Blogs:

• The MountainGoat Report: Do They Endorse Violence?
• idaho18: No Alternatives?
• Fort Boise: Dark night of the nation’s soul.
• Boise Guardian: All Public Records Should Remain PUBLIC.
• Clayton Cramer: On Decriminalizing Marijuana.
• Idaho Conservative Blogger: LeFavour calls her committee “Heartless”.
• Idaho Reporter: Initial February tax revenue down $15 million.
• Idaho Freedom Foundation: Lawmakers reluctant to embrace innovation.
• Nemesis Today: K-2 !! Are You Sufficiently Frightened, Yet??
• The Johnson Post: The Real Activists Judges.