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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D91F95.44445F60" alt="Graphical user interface, text
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">January 3, 2023
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Idahoans invited to watch Gov. Little Inauguration and 2023 State of the State Address<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A">Boise, Idaho –</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A">The public is invited to attend the
<b>2023 Inauguration Ceremony </b>and<b> watch Governor Brad Little’s upcoming State of the State Address.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A">FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A">Governor Brad Little and his fellow constitutional officers will
<b>take the oath of office during the 2023 Inauguration Ceremony </b>at the Idaho State Capitol, located at 700 W. Jefferson St. in Boise, at noon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A">The ceremony will include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Governor Brad Little<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#0E101A;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lieutenant Governor Scott Bedke<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#0E101A;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Secretary of State Phil McGrane<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#0E101A;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attorney General Raśl Labrador
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Treasurer Julie Ellsworth<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#0E101A;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">State Controller Brandon Woolf
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A">The event is free and open to the public. Idaho Public Television will provide a live feed of the event, which will be available at </span><a href="http://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoreports/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoreports/</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A">Jefferson Street between 6th and 8th Street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. Closed, reserved, and ADA-accessible parking will be available on 8th Street between Jefferson and State Street.
Designated parking for press members will be available in the Borah parking lot at Jefferson and 8th Street. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A">An elevated platform for media will be positioned across from the Capitol steps on Jefferson Street. Idaho Public Television will provide a live feed of the event for media available through the utility boxes
installed on the Jefferson Street sidewalk. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A">As a safety consideration, no aerial drones are permitted in the vicinity over the capitol building. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0E101A">MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A">Governor Little will give his <b>
2023 State of the State Address </b>in the Idaho House Chambers, located at 700 W. Jefferson St. in Boise, at 1 p.m. Members of the public and media are invited to watch the speech through Idaho Public Television at
</span><a href="http://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/house/">www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahoinsession/house/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span><span style="color:#0E101A">
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:#0E101A"># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Madison Hardy, Press Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:#0E101A">208-547-7485 or </span><a href="mailto:Madison.Hardy@gov.idaho.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">Madison.Hardy@gov.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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