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- ECONOMIST RETIRES AFTER 3 DECADES
- STRONG GROWTH IN TAX REVS CONTINUES
- SEPTEMBER: STATE BUDGET UNCERTAINTY
- IDAHO CHAMBERS WANT TAX CUTS AND MORE
- POSSIBLE IMPACT OF FED DEFICIT REDUCTION
- STATE TAX REVENUES ON TRACK
- LOCAL OPTIONS BETTER THAN OTHERS
- LIEUTENANT GOVERNER TALKS TAXES
- ID GRANGE BACKS FUEL, SMOKE TAX HIKES
- OTTER SEES MODEST GROWTH AHEAD
- OCT STATE REVENUES BARELY MISS TARGET
- STATE REVENUES FALL JUST SHY OF PREDICTIONS
- OTTER: D.C. COULD LEARN ABOUT GOVERNING FROM IDAHO
- DEQ CUTS AMOUNT TO QUARTER OF ITS BUDGET…
- IDAHO CONTINUES TO FORECAST SURPLUS FOR 2012
- LAKE MAY MAKE A RUN AT CIGARETTE TAX HIKE IN AN ELECTION YEAR
- SIX MONTHS IN, EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF A MEDICAID CUT
- STATES POST ANOTHER STRONG QUARTER IN TAX COLLECTIONS
- MEDICAID CUTS MAY PROVE HARD TO REVERSE
- ANTI-SMOKING GROUPS VOW TO CHARGE AHEAD ON TOBACCO TAX
- CAUTION AHEAD FOR IDAHO’S BUDGET WRITERS; SURPLUS MAY BE GONE BEFORE YEAR END
- JUDGE ORDERS IDAHO HEALTH AND WELFARE TO IMPROVE RATES FOR MEDICAID PROVIDERS
- STATE MEDICAID SPENDING SOARS
- OUR VIEW: BULLISH ON THE FUTURE? NOT THIS SALESMAN
- OFFICIALS EYE RAINY DAY FUNDS
- LOTTERY MONEY DOES LITTLE TO OFFSET IDAHO EDUCATION CUTS
- WATCH FOR THESE MAJOR ISSUES IN 2012 LEGISLATURE
- FEDERAL FUNDS AND FISCAL POLICY: EFFECT ON STATES OF FY 2012 APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGET CONTROL ACT AND BEYOND
- REPORT: BOISE AND IDAHO AT RISK IN FIGHT AGAINST BIOTERROR, HEALTH EMERGENCIES
- GOVERNOR OTTER: LEGISLATORS CAN COUNT ON MY BUDGET
- GOVERNOR OTTER: ANY TAX CUTS NEED TO BE PHASED IN
- IDAHO SLOW TO OPEN CHECKBOOK TO ATTRACT INDUSTRY
- GOVERNOR OTTER: NEW HEALTH CARE LAW HURTS IDAHO JOB CREATION
- HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE WILL BE A MAJOR DEBATE IN UPCOMING SESSION
- SEN. CAMERON: LAWMAKERS MUST WEIGH SHORT-TERM VS. LONG-TERM ECONOMIC STIMULATORS
- STATE CUTS TO MEDICAID AFFECT PATIENTS, PROVIDERS
- OTTER TO PROPOSE STATE-BACKED FUND
- KEVIN RICHERT: LONG-SHOT EFFORT COULD FORCE SALES TAX DEBATE
- REP. DENNEY: IDAHO COULD INCREASE TAX REVENUE BY DECREASING TAX RATES
- REP. RUSCHE: NOT PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICES COULD BE “PENNY-WISE AND POUND-FOOLISH”
- DIMINISHING STATE BUDGETS AND PUBLIC SCRUTINY CONTRIBUTE TO UNCERTAIN BUSINESS INCENTIVES CLIMATE
- OUR VIEW: IDAHO CAN COMPETE, BUT IT MUST GET IN THE GAME
- DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS WORKING ON PROPOSALS TO BOOST IDAHO JOB GROWTH
- REP. MAXINE BELL: WE’RE NOT IN A POSITION TO LOWER TAXES AT THIS POINT
- DENNEY: 2012 SESSION IS ABOUT THE BUDGET, BUT NOT OCCUPY BOISE
- WASH. SUPREME COURT: PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING INADEQUATE
- LAWMAKERS EYE SESSION WITH GLIMMER OF ECONOMIC HOPE
- SURVEY: MAJORITY SUPPORTS CHARTERS, WANTS MORE EDUCATION CHOICES
- SLOW GROWTH AHEAD FOR IDAHO ECONOMY, STATE OFFICIALS SAY
- OTTER SAYS LACK OF EXCHANGE COULD THREATEN MEDICAID FUNDS, BUT ONE EXPERT SAYS OTHERWISE
- CIG TAX HIKE BACKERS REVISING BILL
- DENNEY: THERE IS ‘CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION’ TO HEALTH EXCHANGE IN THE HOUSE
- GOVERNOR: BUDGET, TAXES, HEALTH CARE TAKE TOP SPOTS
- LAWMAKERS HEAR LATEST SURPLUS ESTIMATES
- TOP 12 LEGISLATIVE ISSUES OF 2012
- AN ALTERNATIVE STATE OF THE STATE PREVIEW
- IDAHO FLUSH WITH MONEY
- DENNEY ON THE ISSUES: MORE ROAD FUNDING, CIGARETTE TAX LOOPHOLES AND AN IDAHO LAND FIGHT
- LAWMAKERS READY TO GET BUSY
- OTTER EMPHASIZES EDUCATION, JOBS, STATE SALARIES AND TAX RELIEF IN 2012-13 BUDGET
- ON AIR: BREAKING DOWN GOV. OTTER’S STATE OF THE STATE, BUDGET ADDRESS
- DECEMBER INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS LOWER THAN EXPECTED
- SEE WHAT THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE’S TOUGHEST ISSUES ARE THIS SESSION
- LAWMAKERS REACT, OTTER STICKS BY HIS BUDGET FIGURES
- IDAHO’S FORMER CHIEF ECONOMIST CRITICAL OF GOV’S BUDGET PROPOSAL
- IDAHO LEGISLATURE: FORMER STATE ECONOMIST QUESTIONS OTTER BUDGET PLAN
- IDAHO GOV. CALLS FOR $45 MILLION IN TAX CUTS
- OTTER’S BUDGET DOESN’T RESTORE CUTS
- NAMPA TRUSTEES APPROVE $7.16M LEVY
- BUDGET MAY MAINTAIN EXTENSION FUNDING
- IDAHO OFFICIALS PUSH FOR PAY INCREASES
- NEARLY 1,000 IDAHO STATE EMPLOYEES LAID-OFF SINCE 2007
- BOISE CHAMBER SAYS IT WILL STILL PUSH FOR STATE BUSINESS-RECRUITMENT FUND
- IDAHO SHINES AS OTHER STATES SINK UNDER WEIGHT OF DEFICITS
- IDAHO READIES FOR HEALTH EXCHANGE
- ELEMENTS OF OTTER PLAN GET PRAISE FROM A DEMOCRATIC VETERAN
- IDAHO’S OTTER BACKTRACKS ON $300M EXCHANGE CLAIM
- ADVOCACY GROUPS HOST MEDICAID FORUM
- WEEK 1 IN REVIEW: HOW TO DIVIDE THE REVENUE PIE
- NO FUNDING RESCUE FOR IDAHO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE?
- ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN IDAHO
- GOV. OTTER CALLS FOR $45 MILLION IN TAX RELIEF BUT LEAVES THE DETAILS TO LAWMAKERS
- HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE LAST WEEK
- OUR VIEW: REDUCING TAXES IS NOT TAX REFORM
- HEALTH COMMITTEE HAS PLENTY TO PERUSE
- GOVERNOR’S TONE WAS RIGHT — BUT WHAT ABOUT EDUCATION?
- GOV. OTTER LEAVES TAX RELIEF DETAILS TO LAWMAKERS
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION CHAIRMAN DOUBTFUL GARVEE FUNDS WILL BE APPROVED BY LEGISLATURE
- IDAHO ATHLETIC COMMISSION FACES FINANCIAL CRISIS BECAUSE OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BOOM
- IDAHO LEGISLATORS HEARS FOOD STAMP PROPOSAL
- IDAHO MENTAL HEALTH GROUP TO MAKE ADVOCACY PUSH IN BOISE
- IDAHO LEGISLATURE RESUMES FOR SECOND WEEK OF DISCUSSION
- BUSINESS ASKS IDAHO LEGISLATURE AGAIN: END OUR BELONGINGS TAX
- IDAHO ATHLETIC COMMISSION FACES FINANCIAL CRISIS BECAUSE OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BOOM
- RISING DEMAND, EMPLOYEE TURNOVER LEAVE HEALTH AND WELFARE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
- PROGRAMS MAY HELP FOSTER TEENS GROW INTO RESPONSIBLE ADULTS
- REPORT: IDAHO STUDENTS NEEDS MORE COUNSELORS, SCHOLARSHIPS
- IDAHO HESITATES ON TAX RELIEF
- IDAHO PRO-BUSINESS GROUP SUPPORTS STATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE, ELIMINATING THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
- STATE REPORT CITES BARRIERS TO COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
- STATE REPORT BLAMES AFFORDABILITY, ABILITY TO PAY AS HURDLES FOR STUDENTS GOING ON TO COLLEGE
- MEDICAID EATS UP AT LEAST 17 PERCENT OF STATE BUDGET AND NUMBER COULD GROW
- STATES’ FISCAL FUTURE STARTS TO LOOK A BIT BRIGHTER
- KEY DEMOCRAT SAYS HEALTH EXCHANGE WILL SAVE LOCAL JOBS, LOCAL CONTROL
- ONE FUNDING BRIGHT SPOT…
- OTTER: BROADBAND NETWORK ‘IS REDEFINING OUR IDAHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS’
- GOV. BROWN ASKS CALIF TO DREAM BIG, APPROVE TAXES
- HEALTH OFFICIAL: MOST MEDICAID CUTS TO HIT SAVINGS MARKS
- SIN OF OMISSION
- STATE FUNDING NECESSARY TO PREPARE FOR MEDICAID CHANGES, SAY STATE OFFICIALS
- MIKE FERGUSON SPEAKS AT FORUM ON MEDICAID CUTS IN IDAHO JANRUARY 18
- AT MEDICAID PANEL, A PERSONAL STORY AND CALLS FOR CHANGE
- PANEL: IDAHO MEDICAID CUTS HAVE NOT SAVED MONEY
- IDAHO’S STATE HOSPITALS SEE BIG INCREASE IN PATIENTS SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- IACI PRESIDENT FIRM ON GETTING RID OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
- VISUAL AID: IDAHO’S FOOD STAMP USE NEARLY TRIPLES IN FOUR YEARS
- STATE TREASURER: IDAHO’S CREDIT RATING “NEVER BETTER”
- WHAT’S THE BIG SECRET? DISABLED ASK STATE
- AS 2012 AGENDA UNFOLDS, TO RAISE OR CUT TAXES IS THE BIG QUESTION
- OTTER, LUNA SPLIT OVER $19.7 MILLION FOR TEACHER PAY
- TWIN FALLS SCHOOLS OFFERING ONLINE CLASSES AHEAD OF ONLINE MANDATE
- HAS STUDENTS COME FIRST HURT TEACHER UNIONS IN IDAHO?
- JFAC STARTS WEEK OF EDUCATION BUDGET HEARINGS…
- DEMS PREPARE TO UNVEIL JOBS BILLS, CONCERNED ABOUT REVOLVING DOOR
- MEDICAID CUTS’ IMPACT COMING CLEAR
- GOV. BUTCH OTTER’S BUDGET PROJECTION MAY BE OPTIMISTIC
- DISABLED IDAHOANS SUE STATE OVER MEDICAID CUTS THE STATE REFUSES TO EXPLAIN
- WELCOME TO THE IDAHO CENTER FOR FISCAL POLICY WEBSITE!
- AS IDAHO LOOKS TO BOOST HIGHER ED FUNDING, LAWMAKERS GRILL UNIVERSITIES ON TUITION HIKES
- STATE SPENDING FOR IDAHO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BELOW 2006 LEVELS
- IDAHO’S BUDGET PROCESS ISN’T A HARD SCIENCE
- IDAHO CENTER FOR FISCAL POLICY LAUNCHES WEBSITE
- ISU PRESIDENT: TUITION HIKES MAY STILL COME, EVEN WITH MORE STATE HIGHER ED MONEY
- VAILAS PITCHES ISU BUDGET, HOPEFUL FOR INCREASE
- BOISE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAMMERS OUT PROPOSED LEVY DETAILS
- NORTHWEST STATES COPING WITH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE LAYOFFS
- (IN)SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS, ONCE AGAIN
- THE ROAD TO IDAHO’S REVENUE ESTIMATE
- STATE LAWMAKERS TRIM $33 MILLION FROM GOVERNOR’S REVENUE ESTIMATE
- LEGISLATURE SHORTS OTTER’S REVENUE PROJECTION BY $33 MILLION, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
- SHOULD CSI BEGIN BUSINESS OF PROVIDING ONLINE CLASSES TO TEENS?
- IF OBAMA’S THE ‘FOOD STAMP PRESIDENT,’ WHAT’S IDAHO GOV. OTTER?
- BELL MAKES NIC BUDGET PITCH IN BOISE
- CSI PRESIDENT SEEKS $13.4 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING
- CWI HEAD PUSHES JFAC FOR FUNDING
- SOME LAWMAKERS LOOKING TO CHANGE STATE’S RETIREMENT SYSTEM
- UI PRESIDENT: FILLING RESERVES SHOULD BE LAST PRIORITY
- UI BEMOANS FACULTY LOSSES AMID BUDGET CRUNCH
- UI PRESIDENT BEMOANS FACULTY LOSSES AMID BUDGET CRUNCH, LISTS PAY RAISES AS TOP PRIORITY
- NELLIS SAYS UI NEEDS MORE MONEY TO RETAIN FACULTY
- YOU CAN ASK OTTER ANYTHING, BUT HE MAY NOT ANSWER
- OTTER ON STATE WORKER RAISES, OBAMA, GEDDES, MORE…
- DISTRICT PREPARES FOR LAYOFFS
- GOV. BUTCH OTTER MEETS WITH REPORTERS: A LIVE BLOG
- LOWER 2013 REVENUE TARGET MAY FORCE LAWMAKERS TO CHOOSE FROM OTTER’S BUDGET INITIATIVES
- HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES OUT, SAYS OTTER
- NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT ADJUSTS LEVY PLANS TO REDUCE IMPACT ON PROPERTY OWNERS
- LUNA: ‘IT WAS A DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT DECISION’
- STAGGERED FOOD STAMP DAYS AREN’T WORTH COST
- BLAINE CO. SCHOOLS EYE FUTURE OF $29.5M LEVY
- SENATORS TALK AT TELECONFERENCE
- LUNA: MONEY SLATED FOR RESERVES SHOULD FUND EDUCATOR SALARIES
- LUNA SEEKS TO PROP UP EDUCATOR PAY
- IDAHO ON FOREFRONT OF WEAKENING TENURE RIGHTS FOR TEACHERS
- RESTORE AT LEAST SOME OF MEDICAID FUNDING
- CAREFUL OPTIMISM MEANS IDAHO’S PASSED A HURDLE
- IDAHO UNIVERSITIES HAVE CUT 72 DEGREE PROGRAMS SINCE DOWNTURN BEGAN
- LUNA PROPOSES 5 PERCENT INCREASE IN STATE SCHOOLS FUNDING FOR ’13
- BONNEVILLE CO. EDUCATORS RESPOND TO LUNA’S BUDGET PROPOSAL
- NELLIS IS RIGHT TO LOBBY LEGISLATORS FOR HIS EMPLOYEES
- PRIVATE VS. PUBLIC: WHO WRITES MORE PAYCHECKS IN YOUR COUNTY?
- EVEN TAX-LEERY IDAHO GOV. OTTER SUPPORTS INTERNET SALES TAX
- CCAGW URGES IDAHO LEG. TO OPPOSE TAX INCREASES
- NIC REJECTS MONEY, HELPS SISTER SCHOOL
- EMBOLDENED GOP WANTS TO ABOLISH STATE INCOME TAXES
- OTTER ONE OF “AT LEAST A DOZEN” REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS PROPOSING TAX CUTS
- DON’T RAISE THE CIGARETTE TAX, NATIONAL GROUP TELLS IDAHO LEGISLATORS
- PUBLIC CAN WEIGH IN ON BUDGET FRIDAY
- DEMS UNVEIL ‘IJOBS 2.0,’ SLATE OF SEVEN JOBS BILLS
- INTERNSHIPS ON THE RISE
- AQUIFER RECHARGE BECOMES TOP PRIORITY
- BUDGETS ARE ABOUT PRIORITIES
- ON REDISTRICTING AND ROADKILL
- OUR VIEW, INTERNET SALES TAXES: IT’S A STEP, BUT A SMALL ONE: OTTER GETS ABOARD
- IDAHO BUDGET WRITERS WILL HEAR PUBLIC TESTIMONY
- IS IT TIME TO REPLENISH RESERVES?
- IDAHO LAWMAKER: MAKE IT EVEN TOUGHER TO HIKE TAXES
- IDAHO REP. HENDERSON, 89, PUSHES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- IDAHO LAWMAKER WANTS TO MAKE IT TOUGHER TO RAISE TAXES
- DESPITE CUTS, DEQ, AG DEPARTMENTS LAUD SUCCESSES
- CALL TO RESTORE IDAHO MEDICAID SPENDING DOMINATES PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON BUDGET
- IDAHO’S SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE CLOSED IN 2006 FOR LACK OF FUNDS
- IDAHOANS GIVE BUDGET WRITERS AN EARFUL ON HOW TO SPEND STATE MONEY
- CALL TO RESTORE IDAHO MEDICAID SPENDING DOMINATES PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON BUDGET
- BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARS FROM IDAHOANS
- TESTIMONY: ‘I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’LL DO’
- STATE SCHOOL FOR DEAF, BLIND SEES INCREASED DEMAND
- IDAHO’S SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE CLOSED IN 2006 FOR LACK OF FUNDS
- STATE SCHOOL FOR DEAF, BLIND SEES INCREASED DEMAND
- POLL SUGGESTS MAJORITY OF IDAHOANS FAVORABLE TO LIQUOR PRIVATIZATION
- STATE SCHOOL FOR DEAF, BLIND SEES INCREASED DEMAND
- WATER IS WORTH IT
- TESTIMONY: ‘MEDICAID CUTS DON’T NECESSARILY LEAD TO SAVINGS’
- WHAT’S THE IMPACT? STUDENTS, TEACHERS FACE TOUGH TIMES
- EMERGENCY SURCHARGE TO FUND COURTS NOT BRINGING IN AS MUCH AS EXPECTED
- DISABLED MEDICAID CLIENTS SUE IDAHO OVER BUDGET CUTS
- INITIATIVE COULD LOWER IDAHO SALES TAX, BUT NOT WITHOUT OPPOSITION
- H&W CLAIMS ‘TRADE SECRET,’ WON’T TELL DISABLED PATIENTS WHY THEIR BENEFITS WERE CUT – NOW THEY’RE SUING
- POSSIBLE TAX INCREASES ON TABLE THIS YEAR IN IDAHO LEGISLATURE
- INCREASINGLY COMPLEX PROBLEMS REPORTED AMONG IDAHO’S JUVENILE OFFENDERS
- PRISON BUDGET HEARING: MORE EXECUTIONS, RISING COSTS, DIAPER FULL OF MARIJUANA
- OUR VIEW, PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPENDING: A MATTER OF PRIORITIES: PAY IDAHO TEACHERS
- LABOR CHIEF COMMITS TO CONTINUING TO FUND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- STATE SURPLUS GROWS TO $113.6 MILLION
- DAN POPKEY: CHAIRMEN OF IDAHO TAX COMMITTEES EASE HISTORIC ACRIMONY
- FRANCHISE FEE BILL COULD COST POCATELLO $80K
- ONLINE SALES TAX WOULD HELP IDAHO BUSINESSES
- IDAHO CONSIDERS TAKING OVER WATER POLLUTION PERMIT PROGRAM, AGAIN
- IACI OFFERS NEW TRIGGER PLAN TO ELIMINATE IDAHO PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
- HOUSE PANEL NIXES REP. HARWOOD’S ANTI-EPA BILL
- IDAHO ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OFFERS NEW PLAN TO NIX PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
- OFFICIALS: FEDERAL BILL COULD DECREASE HOPE FUNDING
- JANUARY 2012 IDAHO GENERAL FUND REVENUE
- FORMER IDAHO REP’S BILL WOULD FUND HIS NEW NONPROFIT
- OUR VIEW, IDAHO TAXES: A SIMPLE MAJORITY IS GOOD ENOUGH
- IDAHO LAWMAKERS SHOULDN’T GET PERK FOR RETIREMENT
- STATE BUILDING REPAIR, RENOVATION BACKLOG NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS
- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO PARTNERING WITH BUSINESSES
- IDAHO LAWMAKERS PROPOSE MAKING ONLINE SALES SUBJECT TO STATE SALES TAX
- OTTER TOUTS BUDGET, SAYS THERE’S ENOUGH CASH
- OUR VIEW: PLANNING AHEAD WOULD HAVE IMPROVED LUNA PLAN
- ITD’S CURRENT FUNDING LEVEL ONLY COVERS BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ONCE EVERY 120 YEARS
- AFTER 4 YEARS OF NO RAISES, 57% OF ITD’S SNOWPLOW DRIVERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FOOD STAMPS…
- KEVIN RICHERT: OTTER’S BUDGET PRIORITIES DON’T INCLUDE MEDICAID
- IDAHO’S ‘8 IN 6’ PROPOSAL: MORE ‘INNOVATION’ WITHOUT PROOF?
- COMMITTING CRIMES IN IDAHO MAY SOON COST MORE
- OBAMA BUDGET INCLUDES MONEY FOR TIMBER COUNTIES
- MINI-CASSIA LOSES POLITICAL CLOUT UNDER REDISTRICTING PLAN
- LEGISLATION WOULD ENCOURAGE DONATIONS TO VETERANS’ NONPROFIT
- OBAMA TOUTS COLLEGE JOBS PROGRAMS; IDAHO EDUCATORS SAY OTHER NEEDS WOULD PERSIST
- TEEN ADVOCATES URGE IDAHO LEGISLATORS TO INCREASE STATE TOBACCO TAX
- IDAHO LIKELY TO SPURN FEDERAL CASH FOR EXCHANGE
- SEE 17 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS TARGETED IN OBAMA’S PROPOSED FY2013 BUDGET
- MEDICAID FUNDING – EXAMINING THE FY 2012 CUTS
- CAMERON BILL SEEKS TO RESTORE TEACHER PAY
- HAMMOND: STATE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT GENERAL FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION IN FUTURE…
- REPUBLICANS ATTACK OBAMA HEALTH CARE LAW WITH BIRTH CONTROL BILLS
- IDAHO LOTTERY TO CHANGE REVENUE PAYMENT METHOD
- BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES REVENUE TARGET $33 MILLION LESS THAN OTTER’S PROJECTION
- IDAHO HOUSE COMMITTEE INTRODUCES TAX RELIEF BILL
- IDAHO GENERAL FUND REVENUE – A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN
- JFAC PREPARES TO SET IDAHO’S 2013 BUDGET
- LEGISLATORS DEBATE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE ‘GORILLAS’
- CHALLENGES TO MAJOR REFORMS HAVE STATE LAWMAKERS PREPARING FOR A FUTURE THAT COULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE
- STATE WORKERS MAY GET 2 PERCENT RAISE
- A LIFE UNFOLDS AS IDAHO SORTS OUT ITS BUDGET PRIORITIES
- STATE HEALTH EXCHANGE READY FOR DEBATE
- OUR VIEW: WILL PLAYING POLITICS REALLY PAY OFF?
- HOUSE REV & TAX DEBATES SALES TAXES ON INTERNET SALES, NO DECISION TODAY ON INTRODUCING BILL
- NEW LAW COULD HELP RESOLVE BOISE COUNTY’S FINANCIAL PICKLE
- IDAHO SPEAKER DENNEY: MOVE TO KILL 2% PAY HIKE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES IS MORE BARK THAN BITE
- IN BRIEF: IDAHO TAX PANEL OKS AIRCRAFT LEGISLATION
- IDAHO HOUSE TO DEBATE LIFTING CHARTER SCHOOL CAP
- LEGISLATURE MIGHT CUT FUNDING FOR TREASURE VALLEY COMMUNITY TELEVISION
- TOO SOON TO CUT STATE TAX RATES
- BILL WOULD DEDICATE STRAY LIVESTOCK FUNDS TO AGRICULTURE
- HOUSE PANEL DEFEATS BILL DENYING STATE WORKER RAISES, SUPPORTS 2 PERCENT WAGE HIKES
- DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE BUDGET CLEARS JFAC WITHOUT EXCHANGE MONEY
- BELL: ‘WHEN THE WHEELS FALL OFF, I FEEL SOMEBODY’S RESPONSIBLE, AND IT’S US’
- IDAHO HOUSE SPEAKER DENNEY: MOVE TO KILL PAY HIKE LACKS BITE
- DECLINE IN HUNTING-LICENSE SALES SINKS CONSERVATION MONEY
- BILL WOULD GIVE ITD LEEWAY TO REPAIR IDAHO BRIDGES
- HOUSE TO HEAR PROPOSAL TO LIFT CHARTER SCHOOL CAP
- IDAHO BILL AIMS TO BAIL OUT BOISE COUNTY
- IDAHO’S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES – ARE TAX CUTS THE ANSWER?
- ACROSS NATION, CONSERVATIVES’ PLANS TO DRUG TEST WELFARE RECIPIENTS GAIN MOMENTUM
- MOYLE BILL WOULD CUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS TO MAKE UP FOR STATE-GRANTED TAX BREAKS
- IDAHO GOP BILL WOULD CUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE
- OBAMA BUDGET TARGETS POTATO RESEARCH
- BUDGET SETTING: HOW IT WORKS, WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
- HIGHWAY FUND TALKS TO GET INTO MOTION
- IDAHO GOP BILL WOULD CUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE
- VOLUNTEERS PUSH BOISE LEVY
- YOUR INVISIBLE NEIGHBORS: IF YOU DON’T SEE THEM, YOU’RE NOT LOOKING …
- ‘FLAGSHIP’ FIGHT REFLECTS UNIVERSITIES’ SLIM BUDGETS
- OTTER TECH INITIATIVE CLEARS HOUSE, HEADS TO SENATE
- BUDGET COMMITTEE CLEARS MONEY TO READY MEDICAID FOR EXCHANGE
- FISH & GAME BUDGET SET ON 16-3 VOTE
- SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET ASSISTANCE AMID ATTENDANCE DROP
- THE LONG WAIT: LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND PHYSICIANS STRIVE TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ENDORSES PLAN TO STOP TEACHER PAY REDUCTIONS
- RE-PRIORITIZE VALUES
- O’MALLEY, GOVERNORS OPPOSE CUTS TO AIR NATIONAL GUARD
- JFAC GETS DOWN TO DETAILS…
- NEW HIGHER ED BUDGET FUNDS UNIVERSITIES JUST BELOW 2006 LEVEL
- HOUSE PANEL APPROVES $35 MILLION TAX CUT TO SPUR JOB CREATION
- HOUSE PANEL APPROVES $35 MILLION TAX CUT TO SPUR JOB CREATION
- STATE BUDGET COULD MEAN EXTRA $18 MILLION FOR HIGHER ED
- HOUSE PASSES $35 MILLION TAX CUT
- IDAHO SENATE WANTS TO CANCEL TEACHER SALARY CUTS
- IDAHO HOUSE OKS $36M INCOME TAX CUT
- IDAHO HOUSE BACKS TAX CUT FOR TOP EARNERS
- TAX CUT FOR IDAHO’S TOP EARNERS PASSES HOUSE
- LAKE’S BILL WOULD SWEEP EXTRA STATE YEAR-END MONEY INTO RESERVES
- MERIDIAN SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THE LEVY CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR RIDES ON DISTRICT PARENTS
- JFAC APPROVES 5 PERCENT INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDAHO SCHOOL BUDGET FUNDS LAPTOPS, MERIT PAY
- PRISON BUDGET SET; INCLUDES 3% INCREASE FOR PRIVATE PRISON FIRM CCA
- LUNA PRAISES NEW SCHOOL BUDGET
- SCHOOL BUDGET DEBATE: ‘WE HAVE ASKED TEACHERS TO PAY FOR A LOT OF OUR BUDGET’
- PRIVATE PRISONS MAY BE COSTING IDAHO MORE; STATE HASN’T CHECKED
- PLAN TO REVERSE KEY MEDICAID CUTS GETS A HEARING
- TRIB: GOP SOLONS HELP RICH GET RICHER
- LEGISLATION WOULD REVERSE SOME OF 2011’S MEDICAID CUTS
- ADMIN TO GET 106.5% BUDGET BOOST AS STATE PICKS UP IEN FUNDING
- FEBRUARY TAX COLLECTIONS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
- JFAC SETS MENTAL HEALTH BUDGETS
- JFAC CONTINUES SETTING TIGHT BUDGETS…
- TAX COMMISSION: IDAHOANS ALREADY OWE INTERNET TAX
- A GOOD WAY TO MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABLE
- MEDICAID BUDGET SET, WILL RISE 8.7% NEXT YEAR IN STATE FUNDS
- SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL GOES TO VOTERS TUESDAY IN SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING NAMPA, CALDWELL AND VALLIVUE
- AS VOTE ON IDAHO EDUCATION LAWS NEARS, BOTH SIDES CONTEMPLATE WHAT REPEAL WOULD LOOK LIKE
- SMART BOMBS: TAX CUTS UNDER THE SHELL
- SIX MAGIC VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS SEEK FUNDING HELP
- IDAHO LEGISLATURE LOOKS AT TOBACCO TAX INCREASE TODAY
- NONINI BILL WOULD CONTINUE FUTURE TEACHER SALARY CUTS TO PAY FOR ‘STUDENTS COME FIRST’ REFORMS
- IDAHO REJECTS CIGARETTE TAX HIKE, STAYS AT 57 CENTS
- BOISE, MERIDIAN AND CALDWELL LEVIES PASS
- NEW PLYMOUTH, WEISER SECURE SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL LEVIES
- IN A YEAR OF GOVERNMENT WORKER RAISES, JUDGES COULD SEE MORE, TOO
- DEAD LAST: REPORT RANKS IDAHO NO. 50 IN ONLINE SPENDING TRANSPARENCY
- SENATE COMMITTEE AGREES WITH HOUSE, VOTES TO REVERSE $1.5 MILLION IN MEDICAID CUTS
- IDAHO HOUSE APPROVES HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET
- HOUSE CLEARS BILL TO BOLSTER STATE’S RESERVE FUNDS, REFORM FISCAL PROCESS
- PRESSING FOR TAX RELIEF AND SAVINGS, OTTER SUGGESTS ROSIER IDAHO BUDGET SCENARIO
- PROPOSED BILL WOULD HELP FUND STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS
- HISTORY SHOWS TAX CUTS WON’T HELP IDAHO ECONOMY
- TEACHERS VS. TAX CUTS DEBATE LOOMS OVER CAPITOL
- HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO CAP ANNUAL STATE SPENDING
- PANEL APPROVES JUDICIAL PENSION REFORM PLAN WITH CUTS AND MORE MONEY INCLUDED
- JFAC VOTES UNANIMOUSLY FOR SMALL BOOST IN FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS NEXT YEAR
- HOUSE APPROVES ‘STRUCTURALLY BALANCED’ MEDICAID BUDGET WITH $103 MILLION INCREASE
- HOUSE KILLS MEASURE TO MAKE TAX HIKES MORE DIFFICULT
- HOUSE OKS BUILDING FUND BUDGET AFTER DEBATE OVER CAPITOL ANNEX…
- ED BOARD OPPOSES BILL TO CAP ANNUAL STATE SPENDING
- COLLEGE OF WESTERN IDAHO WILL BENEFIT EXTRA FROM NEW BUDGET PLAN
- IDAHO LAWMAKERS CIRCLE FOR DOWNTOWN BOISE PARKING SOLUTION
- HEY IDAHO LEGISLATURE, WHAT’S WITH THE HOLDUP?
- LEGISLATURE ENTERING FINAL WEEK WITH SOME BIG ISSUES TO CONSIDER
- EXCHANGE STARTED WITH BANG, BUT NOW A JUST WHISPER
- SENATE PASSES SCHOOLS BUDGET, MEASURE NOW HEADS TO HOUSE
- HERE’S A LOOK AT A FEW BILLS IN THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE THAT ARE NEARING THEIR END
- IDAHO LEGISLATURE LIMPS TOWARD FINISH
- SENATE VOTES TO RESTORE MEDICAID FUNDING
- SENATE PASSES PRISON BUDGET, SENDS IT TO GOVERNOR’S DESK
- HOUSE PASSES PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET, 54-15
- ANTIDOTE TO CURING 2012 IDAHO LEGISLATURE’S NOW HAS A NAME: “35-35-35″
- 2012′S FINAL QUESTION: WILL OTTER GET TAX RELIEF?
- UNELECTED IDAHO SENATOR HOLDS KEY TO ADJOURNMENT
- IDAHO INCOME TAX CUT HEADED TO SENATE FLOOR, ADJOURNMENT LIKELY TODAY OR FRIDAY
- IDAHO HOUSE ADVANCES KEY TEACHER PAY BILL
- IDAHO LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS AFTER 81 DAYS
- OTTER PRAISES IDAHO LAWMAKERS FOR A PRODUCTIVE SESSION
- IDAHO GOVERNOR REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR INTERNET TAX
- SESSION WRAP: THE TAX PLANS THAT FAILED
- LOCAL OPTION SUPPORTERS PLAN INITIATIVE FOR 2014 ELECTION
- SESSION WRAP: DEMOCRAT’S ‘IJOBS’ FAILS, AGAIN
- GOV OTTER SIGNS $35 MILLION TAX CUT
- IDAHO’S FOOD STAMP ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO RISE
- IDAHO’S MARCH TAX COLLECTIONS BEAT FORECAST BY $4 MILLION
- DEVELOPER TAX BREAK BILL BECOMES LAW WITH OTTER OK
- IDAHO SCHOOLS CHIEF KICKS OFF POST-SESSION TOUR
- IACI: LEGISLATURE FELL SHORT ON PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REPEAL, HEALTH CARE REFORM
- REPORT: MISSISSIPPI AND 10 OTHER STATES DO NOT FUND PRE-KINDERGARTEN
- STUDY QUESTIONS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF IDAHO’S EDUCATION FUNDING PLAN
- STATE TAX REVENUES BEAT FORECASTS FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT MONTH
- REPORT: IDAHO SCHOOL FUNDING VEERING FROM CONSTITUTION
- OUR VIEW: ‘SUPPLEMENTAL’ JUST ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
- REPORT PROMPTS QUESTIONS ABOUT STATE SCHOOLS FUNDING
- ECONOMIST MIKE FERGUSON QUESTIONS WHETHER IDAHO IS ADEQUATELY FUNDING EDUCATION
- IDAHO’S EDUCATION FUNDING GLOSSARY
- OUR VIEW: IDAHO DOESN’T DESERVE AN ‘A’ FOR EFFORT ON EDUCATION
- HB 563 – IMPACT AND ASSESSMENT
- TRIB: RISCH LEFT A MESS BEHIND
- SIX STATES EXPERIMENT WITH NEW TACTICS AND TOOLS TO STREAMLINE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES’ ACCESS TO WORK SUPPORT BENEFITS
- WEST VIEWS: ARE IDAHO CONSERVATIVES READY TO ADHERE TO IDAHO’S CONSTITUTION?
- EDIT: WILL IDAHO DEFEND CONSTITUTION?
- TAX CREDIT ROUNDUP: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- SOME OF THIS ECONOMICS STUFF JUST DOESN’T ADD UP
- DO BUSINESS INCENTIVES CREATE JOBS? IDAHO IS ONE OF 13 STATES IN THE DARK
- CANDIDATES MORE IN FAVOR OF A TAX INCREASE LIMITATION REQUIREMENT THAN FOR ONE ON FEE INCREASES
- SHERIFFS SEE FIRSTHAND RESULTS OF MENTAL HEALTH CUTS
- BOISE STATE BUDGETS FOR FLAT ENROLLMENT
- WHY ARE FEWER MOMS APPLYING FOR SAFETY NET PROGRAM?
- OPEN GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE: TAX INCENTIVE DETAILS SHOULD BE PUBLIC INFO
- WHAT SOME STATES DO TO DISCLOSE TAX INCENTIVE INFO
- APRIL STATE TAX REVENUES BEAT FORECAST, FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT MONTH
- TEACHER: ‘I DON’T REMEMBER A YEAR WHERE WE DIDN’T TALK SEVERE CUTS’
- 5 FRIENDLIEST STATES FOR SMALL BUSINESS
- QUESTIONS FOR IDAHO ECONOMIST MIKE FERGUSON
- OUR VIEW: PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING — REPORT AND REACTION
- FOUR LEVIES GO TO LOCAL VOTERS TUESDAY
- TINY IDAHO TOWN PONIES UP, BUT ITS SCHOOL STILL SUFFERS
- IDAHO TAX REVENUE SHORT $3.4 MILLION IN MAY
- MAY STATE TAX REVENUE SLIGHTLY OFF, YEAR-TO-DATE SURPLUS AT $33.7M
- STUDY COMPARES IDAHO’S SOARING MEDICAID SPENDING TO OTHER REFORM STATES
- OTTER AND TOP LAWMAKERS SAY IACI LOOKS TO FINALLY GET ACTION ON REPEAL OF IDAHO PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
- COUNTY OFFICIALS FEAR TAX SHIFT
- SCHOOLS RELY MORE ON DWINDLING RESERVE FUNDS
- IDAHO BUDGET COMMITTEE SEES PROBLEMS AHEAD
- GOV. BUTCH OTTER TO IDAHO’S AGENCIES: PLAN FOR DEEP CUTS IN FEDERAL FUNDS
- OUR VIEW: ENDING TAX ON BUSINESS A GOOD IDEA — IF IT’S DONE RIGHT
- OTTER: PLAN FOR 20 PERCENT CUTS IN FEDERAL MONEY
- BUDGET WRITERS WORRY ABOUT 2014 FISCAL CHALLENGES
- BUHL SCHOOLS TO BRING LEVY TO VOTERS
- TAX HIKE HAS MANY UTAHNS BOOTLEGGING CIGARETTES
- REPORT: IDAHO’S PENSION SYSTEM FARES BETTER THAN MOST
- 21 IDAHO DISTRICTS IMPOSE TEACHER CONTRACTS
- AZ NEAR BOTTOM IN PER-PUPIL SPENDING
- KEVIN RICHERT: OTTER SHINES A LIGHT ON A DIRTY BUDGET SECRET
- IDAHO TO NEGOTIATE FOR LAPTOPS AFTER CALL FOR BIDS FIZZLES
- EDITORIAL: EDUCATION REFORM WILL HURT IDAHO TEACHERS
- ONLY THREE BIDS ON SCHOOL LAPTOPS, AND ONLY ONE QUALIFIES, SO BIDDING ABANDONED…
- IDAHO TO NEGOTIATE FOR LAPTOPS AFTER CALL FOR BIDS FIZZLES
- IDAHO’S SCHOOL SPENDING AGAIN RANKS 50TH IN NATION
- IDAHO GOP LAWMAKERS DECRY HEALTH CARE RULING
- IDAHO REACTS TO THE SUPREME COURT’S HEALTH CARE DECISION
- IDAHO EDUCATION SPENDING NEAR LAST
- BLUE CROSS OF IDAHO: NOW STATE NEEDS TO ESTABLISH AN INSURANCE EXCHANGE
- NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF IDAHOANS DON’T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE
- FOR IDAHO, MEDICAID IS THE BIG QUESTION AFTER ‘OBAMACARE’ RULING
- IDAHO MUST SCRAMBLE TO CATCH UP
- WITH COURT APPROVAL FOR OBAMACARE, STATE MUST DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH MEDICAID
- OUR VIEW: IDAHO’S STATEHOUSE OF DENIAL WILL MEAN PLAYING CATCHUP ON ‘OBAMACARE’
- LABRADOR JOINS DEMINT, BACHMAN URGING STATES TO NOT SET UP HEALTH EXCHANGES
- JOURNAL EDITORIAL: IDAHO SCHOOLS DON’T NEED MONEY, RIGHT?
- IF IDAHO OPTS OUT OF MEDICAID EXPANSION, LOW-INCOME ADULTS COULD BE IN LIMBO
- IDAHO MUST QUIT FOOLING ITSELF ON SCHOOL FUNDING
- FEDERAL AID CUTS WOULD WEAKEN IDAHO’S ECONOMY
- AS TEXAS REJECTS MEDICAID EXPANSION, IDAHO WEIGHS ITS OPTIONS
- OTTER: LET’S STUDY IDAHO’S HEALTH-EXCHANGE, MEDICAID EXPANSION OPTIONS
- GOV. OTTER FAVORS “FURTHER STUDY” OF HEALTH CARE DECISION
- OTTER NAMES REP. KEN ROBERTS TO IDAHO TAX COMMISSION
- HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER KEN ROBERTS APPOINTED TO TAX COMMISSION
- OTTER: FISCAL YEAR ENDS BETTER THAN EXPECTED, STATE ‘WELL POSITIONED’
- IDAHO CLOSES FISCAL YEAR WITH SURPLUS, REFILLS DRAINED RAINY-DAY FUNDS
- IDAHO STATE REVENUES UP 5.9 PERCENT IN FISCAL 2012, 1.5 PERCENT OVER PROJECTION
- IDAHO BOOSTS RAINY DAY ACCOUNT THANKS TO IMPROVED REVENUE
- IDAHO COULD SAVE MONEY BY EXPANDING MEDICAID
- MONEY FOR IDAHO’S RAINY-DAY FUNDS
- IDAHO TO GET $1.7 MILLION IN LATEST MEDICAID DRUG PRICING SETTLEMENT
- LARGEST PUBLIC PENSION FUND EARNS DISMAL 1 PERCENT
- IDAHO COULD LOSE MORE THAN 10,000 DEFENSE-RELATED JOBS
- BUDGET CUTS PUT IDAHO DEQ IN REACTIVE POSITION
- A QUESTION FOR IDAHO LAWMAKERS: EXPAND MEDICAID OR FIGHT IT?
- LOTTERY SENDS $41.5 MILLION TO IDAHO SCHOOLS
- BUDGET OFFICE: OBAMA’S HEALTH LAW REDUCES DEFICIT
- AMAZON PICKS STATE SALES-TAX WINNERS AS CONGRESS STANDS PAT
- HEALTH CARE LAW A MAZE OF OPINION, FLUID DATA FOR IDAHO LEADERS
- CLUB SPORTS IN IDAHO NOT LIKELY TO REPLACE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
- CAT FUND COSTS BEGIN RISING AGAIN…
- LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE HEARS OPTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE, MEDICAID PROGRAMS
- FOREGONE BALANCES GIVE SOME CITIES ANOTHER FUNDING OPTION, BUT MANY PASS
- IT WOULD “BE A MIRACLE” IF STATE MEETS HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE DEADLINE
- OUR VIEW: PROPOSITION II AND TEACHER MERIT PAY: WHAT’S THE ANSWER?
- MEDICAID EXPANSION COULD ADD 100,000 TO IDAHO ROLLS
- STATE WORKING GROUP EXAMINES DETAILS OF PROPOSED MEDICAID EXPANSION
- STATE BUDGETS REPORT FINDS ‘SLOW AND STEADY’ REVENUE GROWTH
- SUPPORTERS OF IDAHO MEDICAID EXPANSION SPEAK OUT, BUT COSTS REMAIN A BIG QUESTION
- IDAHO’S LAND BOARD EXPANDS COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WITH BREWPUB LEASE
- DESPITE HOPES, RENEWABLES HAVE ROUGH RIDE IN IDAHO
- MEDICAID FIGHT REINVIGORATED WITH POLITICAL LIGHT ON HEALTH CARE
- WHY IDAHO’S LOWERED REVENUE FORECAST IS A SOLID ECONOMIC INDICATOR
- ARE STATE PENSION FUNDS PAYING WALL STREET TOO MUCH?
- STATE FINANCES STILL ON TRACK FOR BUDGET SURPLUS, EVEN AFTER $35M TAX CUT…
- NORTH IDAHO TOWNS PONDERING LOCAL OPTION TAX VOTE
- ‘FIX THE DEBT’ CAMPAIGN COMES TO IDAHO
- NAMPA SCHOOLS DUG A $2.8 MILLION HOLE. ARE STATE BUDGET CUTS TO BLAME?
- CRAPO, SIMPSON TO HOST PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON DEBT MONDAY IN BOISE
- NO INCREASE IN ENDOWMENT FUNDS FOR IDAHO’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR…
- PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REPEAL WILL BE AN ISSUE FOR 2013 LEGISLATURE
- KUSTRA OPTIMISTIC IN FACE OF STATE BUDGET CUTS
- FOES OF REFORMS SAY SCHOOL LAPTOPS ‘UNFUNDED’
- SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROPOSE LEVIES
- LUNA’S STUDENTS COME FIRST LAWS HEAD FOR BALLOT SHOWDOWN
- SCHOOL DISTRICTS ASK VOTERS TO BOOST BUDGETS
- ELECTION RESULTS VARY BY DISTRICT
- SIX SOUTHWEST IDAHO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ASK VOTERS FOR MORE MONEY TUESDAY
- LAKELAND, KOOTENAI APPROVE PROPOSALS
- IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME HUNTS FOR NEW REVENUE
- NORTH-CENTRAL IDAHO JUVENILE OFFENDERS COULD BE SENT OUT OF STATE
- VOTE PUTS IDAHO TEACHER BONUS MONEY ON THE LINE
- IDAHO SCHOOL CUTS 4TH DEEPEST IN US
- BUSINESS TAX COULD BE DROPPED
- LUNA CALLS FOR 5% BUDGET BOOST FOR SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR, DECRIES BALLOT MEASURES
- IDAHO EDUCATION CUTS AMONG DEEPEST IN THE NATION
- LUNA REQUESTS 5.1 PERCENT INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN FISCAL YEAR OF 2014
- SCHOOL REFORM FOES RESPOND TO LUNA, SAY MONEY SHOULD GO TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS
- LUNA SEEKS 5 PERCENT MORE FOR IDAHO SCHOOLS
- LUNA’S FINAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AWAIT NOVEMBER REFERENDUM VOTES
- CD’A: NO EMERGENCY LEVY
- STATE VOTER’S GUIDE ISN’T SUBJECT TO EDITS, FACT-CHECKING
- PER-STUDENT SPENDING DECREASES IN 26 STATES FROM LAST YEAR
- IDAHO GENERAL FUND – AUGUST 2012 UPDATE
- WHAT IF VOTERS SAY NO TO SCHOOL REFORMS?
- EYE ON BOISE: IF VOTERS SAY NO TO SCHOOL REFORMS …
- GOP LEADERS WARY OF IDAHO GETTING HELP ON INDIGENT CARE COSTS
- IDAHO EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DISPUTES FUNDING CUTS ARE NEAR THE TOP IN THE NATION
- IDAHO ED DEPT DISPUTES FUNDING STUDY
- IDAHO COULD SAVE $380M WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION
- IDAHO’S, AHEM, COMMITMENT TO ED
- STATE TAX REVENUE FOR AUGUST JUST BELOW FORECAST, BUT WELL ABOVE LAST YEAR’S
- OUR VIEW: NUMBERS PUT IDAHO’S PRIORITIES FOR K-12 SPENDING IN PERSPECTIVE
- ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT, IDAHO EDUCATION SPENDING CUTS ARE NEAR THE TOP
- EDITORIAL: IDAHO VOTERS HAVING A SAY DOESN’T EQUAL ‘DISRUPTION’
- HOW WOULD REPEALING THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AFFECT IDAHO?
- IDAHO FALLS CITY CLUB – SEPT 21, 2012
- AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. TED EPPERLY ON IDAHO’S DOCTOR SHORTAGE
- HOW WILL NAMPA SCHOOLS GET BACK IN THE BLACK?
- PROP 1, 2, 3: SOME COULD PASS, SOME COULDN’T, WHAT’S NEXT
- IDAHO SPENDS NEARLY $200,000 TO STUDY MEDICAID EXPANSION
- FOES OF LUNA LAWS OUTSPEND BACKERS
- TWO VIEWS ON ED REFORM
- IDAHO HELPS KEEP DRUG FIRMS HONEST
- UI RESEARCH FUNDING REMAINS STABLE
- ATTORNEY: IDAHOANS SHOULD BE ‘ALARMED’ ON SCHOOL FUNDING
- SCHOOL FEE LAWSUIT EXPANDS, QUESTIONS IDAHO’S SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM
- SCHOOL REFORMS TESTED AT IDAHO BALLOT BOX
- MINIDOKA COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS ELIMINATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
- IDAHO MEDICAID EXPANSION QUESTIONED
- WHAT OHIO CAN LEARN FROM IDAHO (OF ALL PLACES) ABOUT TEACHER UNIONS AND ONLINE ED
- PROPOSITION 1, 2, 3 VOTE GIVES IDAHO LAWMAKERS MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH
- STATE TAX REVENUE DOWN FOR OCT., SURPLUS FOR YEAR ON TRACK TO HIT $30.1M
- BUDGET FIGURES CHANGING, BETWEEN SCHOOL REFORM LAWS’ FAILURE AND H&W UPDATES…
- WORKING GROUP: ‘AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE A NEW HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’
- STATE BUDGET OUTLOOK NOT AS SUNNY WHEN LOOKING ANOTHER YEAR OUT…
- IDAHO PANEL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION
- LUNA PLEDGES TO WORK WITH ALL SIDES ON ‘LESS COMPREHENSIVE’ SCHOOL REFORM
- THE THREE TAXES
- AMERICA’S SECRET PRO-TAX HISTORY
- EDITORIAL: IDAHO MUST RISE ABOVE ITS INSTINCTS ON MEDICAID
- EDITORIAL: HOW TO HELP OUR TEACHERS
- SCHOOL BOARD PONDERS LEVY
- IDAHO LAWMAKERS PREPARE TO TALK TAXES, MEDICAID
- SOME IDAHO SCHOOL DISTRICTS COULD LOSE MILLIONS AFTER VOTERS REPEAL EDUCATION LAWS
- SURPRISING RESULTS FROM THE 2012 ELECTION
- MICHAEL FERGUSON: STATE ISN’T MEETING CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT TO SCHOOLS
- IDAHO TAX COLLECTORS SEEK COMPUTER UPGRADE, SAY PROBLEMS FIXED
- EDUCATION FUNDING OP-ED
- OTTER CHALLENGES COUNTIES TO IDENTIFY LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES THEY’D ELIMINATE
- GOV. OTTER: STATE ‘PROBABLY NOT’ MEETING CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD FOR EDUCATION
- WHY IDAHO IS BEING SUED OVER SCHOOL FUNDING WHEN COURTS ALREADY RULED SYSTEM MUST BE FIXED
- LISTEN: GOV. OTTER MAKES PREDICTIONS FOR COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION
- NAMPA SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET CRISIS
- IDAHO LAWMAKERS UNCERTAIN ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING
- HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS IDAHO’S PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX DEBATE HEATS UP
- 2013 IDAHO LEGISLATURE COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS ANNOUNCED
- OUR VIEW: A TAX SUBSIDY IDAHO’S SCHOOLS CANNOT AFFORD
- IDAHO NEEDS TO HONOR ITS CONSTITUTION
- FROM EDUCATION TO TAX CUTS, IDAHO’S NEW HOUSE SPEAKER WEIGHS IN ON KEY ISSUES
- SEN. GOEDDE: THE BEST WAY TO EQUALIZE IDAHO SCHOOLS IS THROUGH DIGITAL LEARNING
- REP. COLLINS: WE DON’T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET RID OF IDAHO’S PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
- MAP: WHO BENEFITS MOST IF IDAHO’S BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX IS ELIMINATED
- IDAHO PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION REPORT
- VIDEO: MIKE FERGUSON ‘MORE THAN HAPPY’ TO PROVIDE FACT-BASED ANALYSIS TO IDAHO LAWMAKERS
- REPORT: IDAHO STATE WORKERS EARN LESS THAN NEIGHBORING STATE COUNTERPARTS
- THE IDEOLOGICAL TUG-OF-WAR CONTINUES OVER CREATING AN IDAHO HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE
- GOVERNOR OTTER: LAWMAKERS MAY NOT COME UP WITH A PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX PLAN THIS YEAR
- REINKE: NEW PLAN NEEDED ‘SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A FELON’ TO RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN IDAHO
- THERE ARE “A LOT OF QUESTIONS” ON THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, SAYS REP. COLLINS
- GOV. OTTER’S HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE PLAN MOVES FORWARD
- IDAHO REPUBLICAN PARTY ENCOURAGES LAWMAKERS TO REJECT GOV. OTTER’S HEALTH EXCHANGE
- GIRL SCOUT COOKIES SOLD IN IDAHO? THERE’S A TAX ON THAT
- TASK FORCE’S $34 MILLION IS ON THE TABLE
- REV & TAX OVERWHELMINGLY BACKS GOVERNOR’S HOME TAX CREDIT REVISIONS
- IDAHO FARM LEADERS KEEP AN EYE ON TAX REPEAL EFFORT
- MANY OF IDAHO’S TOP BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX PAYERS KEEP MUM ON PUSH FOR REPEAL
- MINI-CASSIA OFFICIALS: FIGHT REPEAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
- IDAHO EDUCATION REFORM BILLS APPROVED IN SENATE COMMITTEE
- CRABB: A FEDERAL EXCHANGE WILL BRING MORE COMPETITION TO IDAHO
- A SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR ANTI-ABORTION RESOURCE CLINICS PASSES THE IDAHO HOUSE
- PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION PROPOSAL
- APRIL 2013 IDAHO GENERAL FUND REVENUE UPDATE
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