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Man charged after driving through school gates
A driver allegedly crashed through two closed crossing gates at Washington Elementary in Sandpoint, prompting new …
Republican House spokeswoman accused of spying on opponent
Woman pleads guilty to embezzling
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Federal appeals court rejects Duncan's death sentence appeal
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Interstate federal lands transfer compact passes Idaho House
Committee boosts schools budget by 7.4 percent
BOISE - Legislative budget writers are matching Gov. Butch Otter's request to restore public education money slashed during the economic downturn by adding roughly $101 million to the Idaho schools budget.
Idaho panel OKs event center liquor licenses in resort towns
BOISE (AP) - A central Idaho-based conference and events center is pushing approval to grant liquor licenses to conference centers in Idaho's resort cities.
House panel OKs $46M patchwork roads plan
BOISE (AP) - Two parts of a patchwork plan aiming to raise $46 million for Idaho's crumbling roads and bridges have passed a House panel.
$125M teacher pay boost bill passes Idaho Senate
BOISE (AP) - Rookie teachers in Idaho would receive pay raises starting July 1 under a nearly $125 million proposal approved Thursday by the state Senate and sent to the governor for consideration.
Man dies in collapse of Idaho potato cellar
MONTEVIEW (AP) - The Jefferson County sheriff's office says a 71-year-old man was killed and a younger man was injured when a potato cellar collapsed in the eastern Idaho community of Monteview.
Gay rights activists hack official's old web address
BOISE - The former web address of an Idaho Republican lawmaker has been taken over by a group claiming to be gay rights activists, decorated with rainbows and used to post text requesting that the Legislature meet …
House passes concealed carry rewrite
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