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IDAHO HOUSE TO DEBATE LIFTING CHARTER SCHOOL CAP

  • Jessie Bonner reports lawmakers in the Idaho House advanced legislation Wednesday that would lift the state’s cap on charter schools while also allowing more

IN BRIEF: IDAHO TAX PANEL OKS AIRCRAFT LEGISLATION

  • The Spokesman-Review reports Idaho Senate’s tax committee has unanimously endorsed legislation from Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, that he says will create at least

IDAHO SPEAKER DENNEY: MOVE TO KILL 2% PAY HIKE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES IS MORE BARK THAN BITE

  • Dan Popkey reports House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, says the challenge to the Legislature’s budget committee is more about process than a disagreement that

NEW LAW COULD HELP RESOLVE BOISE COUNTY’S FINANCIAL PICKLE

  • Katy Moeller reports Boise County’s commissioners have spent the past couple months trying to figure out how to pay off the balance of a

HOUSE REV & TAX DEBATES SALES TAXES ON INTERNET SALES, NO DECISION TODAY ON INTRODUCING BILL

  • Betsy Russell reports after an hour of questions and debate this morning, the House Rev & Tax Committee ran out of time on the

OUR VIEW: WILL PLAYING POLITICS REALLY PAY OFF?

  • Times-News editorial:  Two months ago, state legislators by and large declared health insurance exchanges would become the big issue of this session. Now, as

STATE HEALTH EXCHANGE READY FOR DEBATE

  • Melissa Davlin reports for several months, Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, and Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, have worked on legislation that would establish a state-operated

A LIFE UNFOLDS AS IDAHO SORTS OUT ITS BUDGET PRIORITIES

  • Molly Messick reports in the wake of spending cuts, the Idaho Legislature is now in the process of determining how the state’s revenue surplus

STATE WORKERS MAY GET 2 PERCENT RAISE

  • Betsy Russell reports after four years without funding raises for state employees, the Idaho Legislature’s joint budget committee voted Friday to give 2 percent

CHALLENGES TO MAJOR REFORMS HAVE STATE LAWMAKERS PREPARING FOR A FUTURE THAT COULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE

  • Melissa Davlin reports since early January, Idaho lawmakers have spent countless hours tweaking the Students Come First education reform package they passed into law

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