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
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
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