Republican rancher will chair Idaho House ag committee

Rep. Judy Boyle, a Republican rancher from Midvale, has been selected to chair the House Agricultural Affairs Committee.  She is one of 11 current or retired farmers or ranchers who will chair House and Senate committees in the Idaho Legislature when the 2017 session starts in January.Boyle, who is in her fifth term in the legislature and has been named one of the 100 most influential people in Idaho, said her predecessor, Ken Andrus, set a high bar.