Eviction filings dropped in half during the pandemic expressnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from expressnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wake up! Idaho Legislature resumes with speech on House floor to defy federal power
Idaho Statesman (Boise)
Apr. 6 The Idaho Legislature began Tuesday with a bill against federal actions, an impassioned speech on the House floor against federal aid and public health orders over the coronavirus pandemic, and a vote in favor of an anti-abortion bill.
After a two-week recess due to a COVID-19 outbreak among House members, legislators returned to business criticizing the federal government, pushing forward with a bill to veto federal power and restrict abortions.
A bill intended to resist federal government actions or federal courts moved forward to the House floor on Tuesday.
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Before: the Smoky Davis meat shop. After: affordable housing. You can have a say in it John Sowell, The Idaho Statesman
Mar. 10 On the heels of an affordable housing project moving forward at Orchard and Franklin streets, the city of Boise is in the beginning stages of a second apartment complex on State Street near Veterans Memorial Parkway.
The city is seeking input from neighbors and other city residents using an online survey for the State and Arthur project at the site of the former Smoky Davis smoked-meats shop at 3912 W. State St. We re trying to use all the tools that we can to create more affordable housing for people in Boise, Seth Ogilvie, spokesperson for Mayor Lauren McLean, said by phone.
The Prairie Hills Apartments (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
Home and apartment renters in New Mexico would get additional protections under a bill making its way through the Legislature.
Sponsored by Democratic Reps. Andrea Romero of Santa Fe and Angelica Rubio of Las Cruces, House Bill 111 gives renters more time to get current on rent, prohibits discrimination against tenants who pay rent with a nontraditional source of income, and would establish a housing council to coordinate on statewide housing policy.
HB 111 has been endorsed by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness and Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless.