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SMART BOMBS: TAX CUTS UNDER THE SHELL

  • Gary Crooks reports that, on Friday, Spokesman-Review columnist Shawn Vestal explored Olympia’s budgetary shell games, finding that both parties use gimmicks to avoid some

AS VOTE ON IDAHO EDUCATION LAWS NEARS, BOTH SIDES CONTEMPLATE WHAT REPEAL WOULD LOOK LIKE

  • Jessie Bonner reports that a list of proposed changes to Idaho’s new education reforms has triggered a frequent question: What happens if the laws

SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL GOES TO VOTERS TUESDAY IN SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING NAMPA, CALDWELL AND VALLIVUE

  • Nate Green reports that, on Tuesday, patrons of the Nampa, Vallivue and Caldwell school districts will have the opportunity to vote on supplemental levies

MEDICAID BUDGET SET, WILL RISE 8.7% NEXT YEAR IN STATE FUNDS

  • Betsy Russell reports that one of the biggest single budgets in state government, for Medicaid, will be pegged at $474.2 million in state funds

A GOOD WAY TO MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABLE

  • The Idaho Press-Tribune reports:  Should Idaho taxpayers pay $2.5 million to pay for extra classes for high school students in order to help them

TAX COMMISSION: IDAHOANS ALREADY OWE INTERNET TAX

  • Jake Taylor reports that a planned Internet sales tax bill may not have made it through the legislature, but the Idaho State Tax Commission

JFAC CONTINUES SETTING TIGHT BUDGETS…

  • Betsy Russell reports that among the state agency budgets being set this morning are some smaller ones, including the Health Education Programs division, which

JFAC SETS MENTAL HEALTH BUDGETS

  • Melissa Davlin reports that the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee focused on mental health – including state psychiatric hospitals and substance abuse –during its Wednesday budget-setting

FEBRUARY TAX COLLECTIONS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports general fund tax collections have exceeded forecasts for three straight months, putting revenue almost $33 million above the forecast for

ADMIN TO GET 106.5% BUDGET BOOST AS STATE PICKS UP IEN FUNDING

  • Betsy Russell reports that the budget for the state Department of Administration includes a 106.5 percent increase in state general funds next year, largely

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