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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

IDAHO TAX REVENUE SHORT $3.4 MILLION IN MAY

  • Brad Iverson-Long reports for the first time in 2012, Idaho tax revenues fell short of their target. The state’s general fund brought in $3.4

TINY IDAHO TOWN PONIES UP, BUT ITS SCHOOL STILL SUFFERS

  • Molly Messick reports:  You might not guess it, if you happened to pass through, but tiny Rockland, Idaho, population 318, is a place of

FOUR LEVIES GO TO LOCAL VOTERS TUESDAY

  • Idaho Press-Tribune staff:  The Melba School District is anticipating a budget shortfall of about $364,000 in the upcoming school year, and the district has

OUR VIEW: PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING — REPORT AND REACTION

  • Times – News Editorial:  As you’ve likely noticed, sometimes stories, quotations and events are not nearly as newsworthy — or entertaining — as the

QUESTIONS FOR IDAHO ECONOMIST MIKE FERGUSON

  • Sasha Abramsky | May 9, 2012 When Mike Ferguson was appointed chief economist for the state of Idaho in 1984, he was 34 years

5 FRIENDLIEST STATES FOR SMALL BUSINESS

  • NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Small businesses ranked Idaho as the friendliest state to set up shop, according to a survey released Tuesday. Other states

TEACHER: 'I DON'T REMEMBER A YEAR WHERE WE DIDN'T TALK SEVERE CUTS'

  • MIDDLETON, Idaho (KBOI) – The Middleton School District is trying to pass a supplemental levy after the same measure was voted-down by residents back

APRIL STATE TAX REVENUES BEAT FORECAST, FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT MONTH

  • Betsy Russell reports:  April is by far the biggest month of the year for state tax revenue collections, as taxpayers all over the state

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