March 16, 2022

House GOP Again Kills Resolution Honoring Sawtooth National Recreation Area

On Wednesday, House Republicans killed a concurrent resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in a 22-45 vote. House Concurrent Resolution 51 celebrated the federal act that officially preserved the 760,000-acre land in 1972. An earlier resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 117, was killed in the House on an 18-51 vote March 10 after unanimously passing the …

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December 25, 2021

Little Appoints Bellevue Mayor to Open District 26 House Seat

Gov. Brad Little appointed Bellevue Mayor Ned Burns to the open District 26 House seat Thursday following the resignation of former Rep. Muffy Davis, who was recently selected to serve on the Blaine County Board of Commissioners. Burns, who will complete Davis’s remaining term for 2022, served on the Bellevue city council before being elected mayor in 2018 and again …

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