Abigayl Finch

Kevin McCarthy, a Republican congressman from California, won House speaker late Friday night with a slim majority of 216 votes. Democrats elected Hakeem Jeffries, who will be the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in congress. The campaign for the House speaker in 2023 was the longest in over 200 years. In 1821, It took Phillip Barbour from Virginia 12 votes to be elected speaker. Why did it take so long?

The Public Works Department outlined plans to refurbish sidewalks and street gutters on sections of Center Street and First E. to the Rexburg City Council on Jan. 4. Keith Davidson, Rexburg’s public works director, picks which street projects are worked on throughout the city every five years. “We look at all the streets in the city and then we prioritize and say in the next five years, here are the streets that we want to reconstruct,” Davidson said. Improvements on Center Street and First E.

Several state-level government officials elected last November will be sworn in at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise at noon on Jan 6. People taking oaths of office include: — Governor Brad Little. Little will serve a second term as Idaho’s head of the executive branch, setting policy agendas and implementing laws for the state. — Lieutenant Governor Scott Bedke. The Lieutenant Governor fills a similar role as the vice president at the federal level.