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GEORGE PRENTICE: It is Morning Edition on Boise State Public Radio News. Good morning. I'm George Prentice. Tuesday, April 6th, and the Idaho Legislature will gavel back into session today… that after an historic pause due to COVID-19 infections of some lawmakers. Boise State Public Radio's James Dobson is here to help us regroup. Jimmy, good morning.
JAMES DAWSON: Hey, good morning, George.
PRENTICE: I want to talk about some things that might happen in the final days of the session… but remind us of what absolutely has to happen before lawmakers go home.
DAWSON: The only thing that the Idaho Legislature is required to do before moving over to the new fiscal year every single year, and before they go home, is pass the budget. And so far, you've had several budget bills make it out of both the House and Senate. But that's something that they usually wait until the end of the session to do. Some lawmakers are potentially wanting to stick around a little bit longer to spend some of the money that comes with the new congressional federal coronavirus relief fund. Since Idaho is getting more than a billion dollars from that, that money does not have to be spent right away. The governor specifically said that he would wait to spend… or recommend spending any of it until he had time to consult with the legislature, which he thought was going to be in January. But maybe they want to be spending some of that money sooner