Idaho's latest state revenue forecast suggests the state's modest economic recovery should help it finish this fiscal year with $80 million more tax revenue than the 2010 Legislature predicted, the AP reports. Plus, at one month into the fiscal year, the state is about $4.5…
The AP reports today that the Idaho Republican Party has shifted gears and isn't using one of its "victory" staffers to work to elect Raul Labrador to Congress after all, instead spending most of his time on other state GOP campaigns. Jeff Ward, head of…
Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, chairman of the special House Ethics Committee that's investigating the conduct of Rep. Phil Hart, said now that the state Board of Tax Appeals has rejected Hart's appeal, he'll likely reconvene the Ethics Committee to hear the second charge against Hart,…
Idaho's state Board of Tax Appeals has rejected Rep. Phil Hart's bid to appeal an order to pay $53,000 in back state income taxes, penalties and interest, saying his appeal wasn't timely. Hart argued that he should have months extra to file his appeal because…
There was a time when then-Idaho Sen. Larry Craig was dubbed the "cybersenator" because he was the first U.S. senator to send out podcasts. Now, it seems, our digital edge in the U.S. Senate has slipped. George Washington University and New York University's Stern School…
Canceling unpaid furloughs for teachers and other school employees, reversing layoff decisions and adding back school days are among the plans being mulled by North Idaho school districts for their share of the last-minute federal jobs bill money, which is arriving just as school starts.…
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