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UNINSURED IDAHO VETERANS AFFECTED BY DECISION NOT TO EXPAND MEDICAID

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports: Nearly 4,000 uninsured Idaho veterans would be eligible for health insurance if the state expanded Medicaid coverage. That’s according to new

OTTER SAYS SURPLUS NOT LICENSE TO SPEND

  • Dan Popkey reports: Gov. Butch Otter is rejecting the notion that a projected $162 million in surprise revenue means the 2014 Legislature should boost

OTTER TO FERGUSON: KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF IDAHO’S SURPLUS!

  • Dan Popkey reports: Gov. Butch Otter is rejecting the notion that a projected $162 million in unexpected revenue means the 2014 Legislature should aim to boost

FERGUSON: EXTRA $162 MILLION HAS ‘PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS’ FOR IDAHO BUDGET-WRITERS

  • Dan Popkey reports: Former chief state economist Mike Ferguson’s analysis of the big jump in revenues for the year’s most important month means the

IDAHO TAX COLLECTIONS COME IN WELL ABOVE APRIL FORECAST

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports: In the largest unexpected increase of the fiscal year, Idaho state tax collections were up 13.2 percent above projections in April.

A SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR ANTI-ABORTION RESOURCE CLINICS PASSES THE IDAHO HOUSE

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports:  A bill that would give a sales tax exemption to pregnancy resource clinics that don’t offer abortion services has passed the House.

CRABB: A FEDERAL EXCHANGE WILL BRING MORE COMPETITION TO IDAHO

  • Peter Crabb Column:  More health care choices may be coming to your neighborhood, courtesy of Washington, D.C. Idaho’s Legislature is debating the establishment of

IDAHO EDUCATION REFORM BILLS APPROVED IN SENATE COMMITTEE

  • Hannah Furfaro reports:  The Senate Education Committee agreed Monday to introduce three revised bills aimed at giving Idaho school boards authority to reduce teacher

MINI-CASSIA OFFICIALS: FIGHT REPEAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX

  • Laurie Welch reports:  County and city officials across Mini-Cassia urged their residents Friday, Feb. 8, to fight a legislative effort to modify Idaho’s personal

MANY OF IDAHO’S TOP BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX PAYERS KEEP MUM ON PUSH FOR REPEAL

  • Molly Messick reports:  Not long ago, Sen. John Tippets (R-Montpelier) found himself in a peculiar spot. This summer and fall, influential lawmakers and the Idaho

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