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Idaho Legislature: 2016 session kicks off today with governor’s speech

Statesman Staff
Gov. Butch Otter outlines his 2015 agenda to the Idaho Legislature, Idaho Supreme Court justices, elected officials and Idahoans during his State of the State address Jan. 12, 2015, at the Statehouse in Boise.
Gov. Butch Otter outlines his 2015 agenda to the Idaho Legislature, Idaho Supreme Court justices, elected officials and Idahoans during his State of the State address Jan. 12, 2015, at the Statehouse in Boise. Darin Oswald Idaho Statesman file

Health care for 78,000 uninsured Idahoans?

More money for teachers?

No permits required for concealed weapons?

High-tech driver’s licenses?

What will the Legislature do with these and other issues that will affect you, your family or your friends? Find out beginning today, Jan. 11.

Legislators gather in Boise for the 2016 session and begin by hearing from Gov. Butch Otter who will release his proposed budget and offer his State of the State address at 1 p.m.

Today at IdahoStatesman.com:

▪  Follow Otter’s address and get details of his 2016 budget proposal. Click here for Idaho Public Television’s live feed.

▪  Sign up for a daily email newsletter and get the latest information on the session.

Coming Tuesday: Details, reactions, photos, video and more on Otter, the budget and the Legislature’s first day.

This story was originally published January 11, 2016 at 9:30 AM with the headline "Idaho Legislature: 2016 session kicks off today with governor’s speech."

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