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Eye On Boise archive for Jan. 19, 2016

TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 2016



About that paddleboard tax bill...

Stand-up paddleboards , or SUP’s, are certainly among the latest ways to have lots of fun on the water. So it’s not surprising that the latest revision to the state’s sales tax law that distinguishes between big motorboats and smaller, non-motorized craft – out-of-state buyers…

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Three motions on the floor on state employee pay

Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, has made the first motion on state employee compensation: 3 percent merit raises, per the governor’s recommendation, plus an additional 1 percent across-the-board increase for the nine pay grades that fall the farthest below standards. That would add $6.7 million to...

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