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BUDGET CUTS PUT IDAHO DEQ IN REACTIVE POSITION

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports the Idaho state agency that monitors air and water quality has had to do more with less for a long

IDAHO COULD LOSE MORE THAN 10,000 DEFENSE-RELATED JOBS

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports:  As federal lawmakers debate how to avoid falling off the looming fiscal cliff, a report commissioned for the Aerospace Industries Association shows Idaho

LARGEST PUBLIC PENSION FUND EARNS DISMAL 1 PERCENT

  • The Idaho Press Tribune reports:  The nation’s largest public pension fund collected a dismal 1 percent annual return on its investments, a figure far

IDAHO TO GET $1.7 MILLION IN LATEST MEDICAID DRUG PRICING SETTLEMENT

  • The Idaho Statesman reports Idaho will get $1.7 million in the latest of a string of settlements with drug companies that allegedly overcharged the Idaho

MONEY FOR IDAHO’S RAINY-DAY FUNDS

  • The Idaho Statesman reports: Nearly $90 million in the bank now: Idaho ended the 2012 budget year June 30 with more revenue than forecast,

IDAHO COULD SAVE MONEY BY EXPANDING MEDICAID

  • Molly Messick reports Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter said this week that he will form working groups to study the two big questions arising from

IDAHO BOOSTS RAINY DAY ACCOUNT THANKS TO IMPROVED REVENUE

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports Idaho’s fiscal year-end tax revenue report, which came out today, shows collections exceeded forecasts by $35 million or 1.4 percent.

IDAHO STATE REVENUES UP 5.9 PERCENT IN FISCAL 2012, 1.5 PERCENT OVER PROJECTION

  • Dan Popkey reports Gov. Butch Otter’s office issued a news release Friday morning saying tax receipts in the 12 months ending June 30 reached

IDAHO CLOSES FISCAL YEAR WITH SURPLUS, REFILLS DRAINED RAINY-DAY FUNDS

  • Betsy Russell reports: Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― Idaho ended the 2012 fiscal year with more revenue

OTTER: FISCAL YEAR ENDS BETTER THAN EXPECTED, STATE ‘WELL POSITIONED’

  • Betsy Russell reports Gov. Butch Otter is lauding the state’s year-end financial position, saying, “I’m grateful that Idaho’s economy continues to improve and that

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