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MEDICAID EXPANSION COULD ADD 100,000 TO IDAHO ROLLS

  • Molly Messick and Emilie Ritter Saunders report:  The first meeting of Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s Medicaid expansion working group is underway.  The group is

OUR VIEW: PROPOSITION II AND TEACHER MERIT PAY: WHAT'S THE ANSWER?

  • Twin Falls Times-News editorial:  On Nov. 6, Idaho voters will have an opportunity to vote on Propositions 1, 2 and 3 — referendum that

IT WOULD “BE A MIRACLE” IF STATE MEETS HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE DEADLINE

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports:  A governor-appointed panel of state lawmakers, insurance executives and other community stakeholders met for the first time today to begin

FOREGONE BALANCES GIVE SOME CITIES ANOTHER FUNDING OPTION, BUT MANY PASS

  • Melissa Davlin reports:  Each fiscal year, Idaho taxing districts are allowed to raise their tax rates a maximum of 3 percent. But a handful

LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE HEARS OPTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE, MEDICAID PROGRAMS

  • Eric Dixon reports:  The Idaho Legislature’s health care task force met for the first time Monday to discuss the options facing the state after the U.S.

CAT FUND COSTS BEGIN RISING AGAIN…

  • Betsy Russell reports:  Idaho’s catastrophic health care fund, which covers care for indigent patients with no other coverage and is run through Idaho’s counties,

CLUB SPORTS IN IDAHO NOT LIKELY TO REPLACE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

  • Mitch Coffman reports: High school sports from the Friday night football game to basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball track and field, tennis, golf … you

HEALTH CARE LAW A MAZE OF OPINION, FLUID DATA FOR IDAHO LEADERS

  • Melissa Davlin reports: With an insurance exchange deadline looming this November, Idaho’s leaders must figure out what steps the state should take next. But

AMAZON PICKS STATE SALES-TAX WINNERS AS CONGRESS STANDS PAT

  • The Idaho Statesman reports:  When Texas sent Amazon.com a $269 million sales-tax bill in 2010, the world’s biggest online retailer shrugged. As lawmakers forced

BUDGET OFFICE: OBAMA'S HEALTH LAW REDUCES DEFICIT

  • Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Andrew Taylor report Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation’s huge federal deficits over the next decade,

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