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WHAT SOME STATES DO TO DISCLOSE TAX INCENTIVE INFO

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders:  A recent report from Pew Center on the States lists Idaho among 26 states ‘trailing behind’ when it comes to evaluating

OPEN GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE: TAX INCENTIVE DETAILS SHOULD BE PUBLIC INFO

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders:  Good Jobs First is a non-partisan, non-profit government transparency advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.  It was founded in 1998 by

WHY ARE FEWER MOMS APPLYING FOR SAFETY NET PROGRAM?

  • WASHINGTON _ More Americans are collecting food stamps than ever before, but fewer needy mothers are using another federal government program that offers free

BOISE STATE BUDGETS FOR FLAT ENROLLMENT

  • Adam Cotterell:  Friday Boise State University’s President goes before students and faculty to talk about the school’s 2013 budget. That includes a tuition increase

SHERIFFS SEE FIRSTHAND RESULTS OF MENTAL HEALTH CUTS

  • Logan McDougall:  It’s no secret that Idaho has cut state funding for those that need help with mental health services. And for Bannock County

CANDIDATES MORE IN FAVOR OF A TAX INCREASE LIMITATION REQUIREMENT THAN FOR ONE ON FEE INCREASES

  • Mitch Coffman:  During the 2012 legislative session, House Joint Resolution 1 was introduced, proposing an amendment to the Idaho Constitution requiring that any tax

DO BUSINESS INCENTIVES CREATE JOBS? IDAHO IS ONE OF 13 STATES IN THE DARK

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders:  The state of Idaho will give up an estimated $845 million this year in the form of tax credits and exemptions. 

SOME OF THIS ECONOMICS STUFF JUST DOESN’T ADD UP

  • Shawn Vestal:  Economics are an utter mystery. For example: I thought I understood a central economic belief of the past 30 years, a value going

TAX CREDIT ROUNDUP: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports: The effectiveness of tax credits and incentives is something StateImpact Idaho has been looking at since we launched back in

EDIT: WILL IDAHO DEFEND CONSTITUTION?

  • D.F. Oliveria reports: An Idaho Falls Post Register editorial points out how eager Idaho conservatives are to fight Obamacare as a violation of the

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