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HOUSE KILLS MEASURE TO MAKE TAX HIKES MORE DIFFICULT

  • Dustin Hurst reports that, while it may already be tough to get a tax hike through the Idaho Capitol, lawmakers tried Thursday to make

HOUSE APPROVES ‘STRUCTURALLY BALANCED’ MEDICAID BUDGET WITH $103 MILLION INCREASE

  • Dustin Hurst reports that, on Wednesday, House members voted 52-14 to approve what one lawmaker called a “structurally balanced” Medicaid budget.   The 2013 Medicaid

JFAC VOTES UNANIMOUSLY FOR SMALL BOOST IN FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS NEXT YEAR

  • Betsy Russell reports that JFAC has voted unanimously to fund half the requested increase in payments to foster families next year, after earlier setting

PANEL APPROVES JUDICIAL PENSION REFORM PLAN WITH CUTS AND MORE MONEY INCLUDED

  • Dustin Hurst reports that a long-fought battle to rein in the state judicial pension system’s unfunded liability is one step closer to a conclusion.

HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO CAP ANNUAL STATE SPENDING

  • The Idaho Press-Tribune reports that the House has approved a bill that would cap annual general fund spending at a little more than 5

TEACHERS VS. TAX CUTS DEBATE LOOMS OVER CAPITOL

  • The Idaho Press-Tribune reports that Idaho’s dueling legislative chambers remain at odds over competing priorities that include tax cuts, teacher salaries and rainy-day savings,

HISTORY SHOWS TAX CUTS WON’T HELP IDAHO ECONOMY

  • Michael Ferguson reports that, to hear supporters tell it, tax cuts are the answer to all that ails Idaho and will launch a golden

PROPOSED BILL WOULD HELP FUND STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS

  • Holly Beech reports that legislators will look at a potential bill Monday that, if passed, could help complete the State Highway 16 project —

PRESSING FOR TAX RELIEF AND SAVINGS, OTTER SUGGESTS ROSIER IDAHO BUDGET SCENARIO

  • Dan Popkey reports that, in a debate that will color when and how the Legislature adjourns, Gov. Butch Otter’s Division of Financial Management has

HOUSE CLEARS BILL TO BOLSTER STATE’S RESERVE FUNDS, REFORM FISCAL PROCESS

  • Dustin Hurst reports that, on a 40-27 tally Friday morning, the Idaho House of Representatives cleared a measure backers say will help the state

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