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LEGISLATION WOULD REVERSE SOME OF 2011’S MEDICAID CUTS

  • Dustin Hurst reports that last year, citing slumping revenues due to a down economy and expressing a desire to make Idaho’s budget more sustainable,

TRIB: GOP SOLONS HELP RICH GET RICHER

  • D. F. Oliveria reports:  It’s good for you when Idaho Republicans cut $35.7 million from the tax burden borne by the state’s corporations and

PLAN TO REVERSE KEY MEDICAID CUTS GETS A HEARING

  • Molly Messick reports a ranking House Republican is sponsoring a bill to reverse key cuts in Medicaid services.  Rep. Janice McGeachin (R-Idaho Falls) chairs

PRIVATE PRISONS MAY BE COSTING IDAHO MORE; STATE HASN’T CHECKED

  • Betsy Russell reports private prisons may actually be costing the state of Idaho more than running its own, according to a new report from

SCHOOL BUDGET DEBATE: ‘WE HAVE ASKED TEACHERS TO PAY FOR A LOT OF OUR BUDGET’

  • Betsy Russell reports the overall budget proposal for public schools for next year crafted by majority Republicans on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee would mean

LUNA PRAISES NEW SCHOOL BUDGET

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho state schools Superintendent Tom Luna is praising the budget set by JFAC today for public schools. “I think the outlook

PRISON BUDGET SET; INCLUDES 3% INCREASE FOR PRIVATE PRISON FIRM CCA

  • Betsy Russell reports the budget for Idaho’s Department of Corrections for next year cleared the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on a series of mostly unanimous

IDAHO SCHOOL BUDGET FUNDS LAPTOPS, MERIT PAY

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho schools would see a small funding boost on the heels of last year’s cuts, under a budget set by the

JFAC APPROVES 5 PERCENT INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  • Jaclyn Brandt reports the Legislature’s budget-setting committee today approved a 4.6 percent increase in general fund revenues for Idaho’s public schools next year. Under

MERIDIAN SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THE LEVY CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR RIDES ON DISTRICT PARENTS

  • Cynthia Sewell reports less than one year after Meridian School District voters defeated an $18.5 million supplemental levy, the district is trying again on

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