Gov. Butch Otter today launched an "efficiency" Web site aimed at laying out the state's budget and soliciting money-saving ideas from citizens. "We need your help. Government does not have a monopoly on good ideas," Otter wrote in the site's introduction. "There are hundreds of…
Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, and Moscow economist Judy Brown have sent a letter to the editor to newspapers across the state calling for a temporary tax increase to head off a "train wreck" of cuts in state services. "We believe (a) temporary tax increase can…
When fired ITD Director Pam Lowe filed her initial lawsuit against the state, contending she was fired in part for resisting political pressure against cutting a contract with a big campaign donor to Gov. Butch Otter, there were still a few days left for the…
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