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AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. TED EPPERLY ON IDAHO’S DOCTOR SHORTAGE

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports Dr. Ted Epperly is CEO of the Boise-based Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, a program that gives medical students their last

HOW WOULD REPEALING THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AFFECT IDAHO?

  • Melissa Davlin reports: For years, Idaho’s business community has lobbied the Idaho Legislature to repeal the personal property tax. In the months leading up

EDITORIAL: IDAHO VOTERS HAVING A SAY DOESN’T EQUAL ‘DISRUPTION’

  • Spokesman Review Editorial:  Idaho Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna complains that a possible voter overturn of his Students Come First reform plan will be

ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT, IDAHO EDUCATION SPENDING CUTS ARE NEAR THE TOP

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports The Idaho Statesman’s latest editorial is in response to two stories StateImpactposted on Idaho’s education funding cuts. The Center on Budget Policy and

OUR VIEW: NUMBERS PUT IDAHO’S PRIORITIES FOR K-12 SPENDING IN PERSPECTIVE

  • Idaho Statesman Editorial:  With sufficient repetition, the Statehouse mantra has graduated to governing principle. Spending money does not ensure quality of education. But spending

STATE TAX REVENUE FOR AUGUST JUST BELOW FORECAST, BUT WELL ABOVE LAST YEAR’S

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho’s state tax revenue for August came in 1.1 percent below forecasts, but 3.7 percent higher than last August, according to

IDAHO’S, AHEM, COMMITMENT TO ED

  • D.F. Oliveria: A preview of Idaho Statesman editorial for Tuesday: With sufficient repetition, the Statehouse mantra has graduated to governing principle. Spending money does not

IDAHO COULD SAVE $380M WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION

  • AP reports: Idaho’s taxpayers could save $380 million over six years by agreeing to expand Medicaid coverage for more low-income people under President Barack Obama‘s

IDAHO ED DEPT DISPUTES FUNDING STUDY

  • D.F. Oliveria: A recent report by the non-partisan research organization Center on Budget Policy and Priorities says education cuts in Idaho have been among the deepest in

IDAHO EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DISPUTES FUNDING CUTS ARE NEAR THE TOP IN THE NATION

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports a recent report by the non-partisan research organization Center on Budget Policy and Priorities says education cuts in Idaho have been

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