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LUNA PLEDGES TO WORK WITH ALL SIDES ON ‘LESS COMPREHENSIVE’ SCHOOL REFORM

  • Betsy Russell reports:  A somewhat subdued Tom Luna, Idaho state superintendent of schools, pledged today to work with stakeholders to bring back only the

IDAHO PANEL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho should expand its Medicaid program to cover the working poor in order to “do something right” and to save the

STATE BUDGET OUTLOOK NOT AS SUNNY WHEN LOOKING ANOTHER YEAR OUT…

  • Betsy Russell reports:  With current state tax revenues, Idaho’s state budget is on track for a substantial ending balance July 1 of as much

WORKING GROUP: ‘AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE A NEW HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’

  • Betsy Russell reports:  Here are some of the working group members’ comments as they debate options for Medicaid expansion in Idaho: Sen. Patti Anne

BUDGET FIGURES CHANGING, BETWEEN SCHOOL REFORM LAWS’ FAILURE AND H&W UPDATES…

  • Betsy Russell reports Legislative Budget Director Cathy Holland-Smith prefaced her presentation to the Legislative Council with a caveat: Many of the numbers will change

STATE TAX REVENUE DOWN FOR OCT., SURPLUS FOR YEAR ON TRACK TO HIT $30.1M

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho state tax revenues came in $10 million below projections in October, for a year-to-date $6.9 million below forecast, a 0.8

PROPOSITION 1, 2, 3 VOTE GIVES IDAHO LAWMAKERS MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH

  • Adam Cotterell reports Idaho lawmakers will soon begin to figure out how to spend the nearly $3 billion they’ll get from taxpayers next year.

WHAT OHIO CAN LEARN FROM IDAHO (OF ALL PLACES) ABOUT TEACHER UNIONS AND ONLINE ED

  • Molly Bloom reports:  Remember Senate Bill 5? Well, earlier this year the Idaho state legislature passed two laws similar to Ohio’s now-defeated collective-bargaining reform law. The key

IDAHO MEDICAID EXPANSION QUESTIONED

  • Marc Kilmer reports:  Like their counterparts in other states across the country, Idaho policymakers are considering whether to expand Medicaid in line with the

MINIDOKA COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS ELIMINATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES

  • Lisa Dayley reports:  Should the state eliminate personal property taxes, the county stands to lose an estimated $600,000 in revenue. The commissioners discussed the

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