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YOUR INVISIBLE NEIGHBORS: IF YOU DON’T SEE THEM, YOU’RE NOT LOOKING …

  • Vickie Holbrook reports if you want to tell the story of homelessness, you must do two things. Spend two nights in a shelter as

VOLUNTEERS PUSH BOISE LEVY

  • Anna Webb reports Carrie Hastriter has never considered herself a political person. She’s been one lately, though, campaigning door-to-door to drum up support for

IDAHO GOP BILL WOULD CUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE

  • AP reports a top House Republican wants to force local governments to cut their budgets when property is moved off their tax rolls or

HIGHWAY FUND TALKS TO GET INTO MOTION

  • Larry Bivins reports when the much maligned House of Representatives highway bill came up for a vote in the transportation committee, Rep. Tom Petri

BUDGET SETTING: HOW IT WORKS, WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

  • Molly Messick reports the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee began budget setting in earnest this week, after weeks of hearings.  Writing the budget is

OBAMA BUDGET TARGETS POTATO RESEARCH

  • John O’Connell reports potato industry officials plan to lobby Congress against nearly $3 million in cuts to potato pest and disease research and variety

IDAHO GOP BILL WOULD CUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE

  • AP reports a top House Republican wants to force local governments to cut their budgets when property is moved off their tax rolls or

MOYLE BILL WOULD CUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS TO MAKE UP FOR STATE-GRANTED TAX BREAKS

  • Betsy Russell reports House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, introduced legislation this morning to cut the budgets of local taxing districts whenever anyone gets

ACROSS NATION, CONSERVATIVES’ PLANS TO DRUG TEST WELFARE RECIPIENTS GAIN MOMENTUM

  • AP reports conservatives who say welfare recipients should have to pass a drug test to receive government assistance have momentum on their side. The

IDAHO BILL AIMS TO BAIL OUT BOISE COUNTY

  • William Spence reports the narrowly crafted bill is intended to help Boise County, which is facing a $5.4 million judgment for improperly blocking a

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