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BUDGET WRITERS WORRY ABOUT 2014 FISCAL CHALLENGES

  • The Lewiston Tribune reports some of Idaho’s top budget writers are already voicing concern and worries about tax revenue and the challenges if crafting

OTTER: PLAN FOR 20 PERCENT CUTS IN FEDERAL MONEY

  • The Idaho Press-Tribune reports Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has told agency chiefs to start planning for possible reductions in federal aid and come

OUR VIEW: ENDING TAX ON BUSINESS A GOOD IDEA — IF IT’S DONE RIGHT

  • Idaho Statesman Editorial:  Gov. Butch Otter and the state’s big-business lobbying behemoth have it partly right: Idaho needs to get rid of the “personal

GOV. BUTCH OTTER TO IDAHO'S AGENCIES: PLAN FOR DEEP CUTS IN FEDERAL FUNDS

  • Dan Popkey reports Gov. Butch Otter began asking agency chiefs last month to start planning for reductions in federal aid, which supports more than

IDAHO BUDGET COMMITTEE SEES PROBLEMS AHEAD

  • The Associated Press reports Idaho lawmakers responsible for state agency budgets say there may not be enough money in fiscal year 2014 to maintain

SCHOOLS RELY MORE ON DWINDLING RESERVE FUNDS

  • Julie Wootton reports with tight budgets, some school districts are relying more on reserve funds to keep operations running next year. The Twin Falls

COUNTY OFFICIALS FEAR TAX SHIFT

  • Michael O’Donnell reports County commissioners are fearful that a move by the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry (IACI) will either heavily shift tax

OTTER AND TOP LAWMAKERS SAY IACI LOOKS TO FINALLY GET ACTION ON REPEAL OF IDAHO PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX

  • Dan Popkey reports Gov. Butch Otter told Idaho’s largest business lobby Monday he backs their top priority — repealing the $129 million personal property

STUDY COMPARES IDAHO’S SOARING MEDICAID SPENDING TO OTHER REFORM STATES

  • Eric Dixon reports Idaho’s spiraling Medicaid costs can be attributed to structural program changes following the 2006 Idaho Medicaid Simplification Act, along with substantial

MAY STATE TAX REVENUE SLIGHTLY OFF, YEAR-TO-DATE SURPLUS AT $33.7M

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho’s state tax revenues for May came in $3.4 million below forecast, but with just one month left to go in

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