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IDAHO HOUSE APPROVES HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET

  • CBS News reports that the Idaho House is backing a budget that increases state support for Idaho’s public universities by $18.1 million in 2013.

SENATE COMMITTEE AGREES WITH HOUSE, VOTES TO REVERSE $1.5 MILLION IN MEDICAID CUTS

  • Dustin Hurst reports that the Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted Wednesday to align itself with the Idaho House in support of reversing some

DEAD LAST: REPORT RANKS IDAHO NO. 50 IN ONLINE SPENDING TRANSPARENCY

  • Kevin Richert reports that, when it comes to providing spending data online, Idaho is the worst. That’s the conclusion from the U.S. Public Interest

IN A YEAR OF GOVERNMENT WORKER RAISES, JUDGES COULD SEE MORE, TOO

  • Dustin Hurst reports that it’s the year of raises at the Idaho Capitol and just about everyone is getting them after years of going

NEW PLYMOUTH, WEISER SECURE SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL LEVIES

  • Jessica Keller reports that both local Idaho school districts prevailed in their attempts to pass supplemental levies to add key funding to their budgets

BOISE, MERIDIAN AND CALDWELL LEVIES PASS

  • The Idaho Statesman reports that school operating levies in Boise, Meridian and Caldwell passed, while levies in the Nampa, Vallivue, Notus and Middleton school

IDAHO REJECTS CIGARETTE TAX HIKE, STAYS AT 57 CENTS

  • Betsy Russell reports that a House panel Monday rejected a bid to raise Idaho’s cigarette tax by $1.25 per pack, with Republican foes branding

NONINI BILL WOULD CONTINUE FUTURE TEACHER SALARY CUTS TO PAY FOR ‘STUDENTS COME FIRST’ REFORMS

  • Betsy Russell reports that House Education Chairman Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, introduced legislation in the committee he chairs this morning as an alternative to

IDAHO LEGISLATURE LOOKS AT TOBACCO TAX INCREASE TODAY

  • Deb Courson Smith reports that a long-rumored bill to boost the state tobacco tax gets a print hearing today at the Idaho Legislature.   The

SIX MAGIC VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS SEEK FUNDING HELP

  • Julie Wootton reports that, for school districts, there’s nothing “supplemental” about the tax levy funding they’ve come to rely on to keep operations up

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