Legislature Update

AP — The Idaho Legislature finished the majority of its work for the 2018 session on March 22, 2018.

Lawmakers spent the 74-day session cutting taxes, arguing over health care proposals and boosting education funding for teachers. Here's a look at some of the key issues addressed this year.

TAXES

Gov. C.L. "Butch'' Otter's will end his 12th and final legislative session with one last shining achievement: signing into law a bill that is being billed as one of the largest tax reductions in Idaho's history.

The nearly $225 million plan reduces personal income and corporate tax rates, as well as creating a $205 Idaho child tax credit. The law was designed to offset the increase in taxes Idaho families are expected to pay under the recently signed Republican tax plan signed by President Donald Trump.

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