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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 …
Otter backtracks on Medicaid claim
Idaho governor gets a raise
Idaho moves toward new grading system
BOISE - Idaho education officials plan to adopt their own grading system for schools while rejecting the latest benchmarks under the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Otter suggests tax cuts
BOISE - Gov. Butch Otter laid out his plan for boosting Idaho's economy with his State of the State address Monday, suggesting up to $60 million in tax cuts an…
Statehouse sticking point
Things are about to get sticky at the Idaho Statehouse.
Student hit by car
BOISE (AP) - Police say a 16-year-old student who was hit by a car in front of his southwestern Idaho high school was treated for non-life threatening injures.
Cigarette tax debate resumes
BOISE (AP) - Some lawmakers remain focused on raising Idaho's cigarette tax, despite failure to get a hearing on a bill in 2011.
Schools face spending deadline
BOISE (AP) - School districts are facing a deadline to submit plans for spending $13 million Idaho set aside for technology upgrades in classrooms under a plan that was crafted by public schools chief Tom Luna and …
Exchange debate starts early
BOISE - Ideological objections to federal health care reform clashed Thursday with the more pragmatic interests of business as Gov. Butch Otter joined lawmaker…
Iraqis gain new start in Idaho
BOISE (AP) - In the past year, more than 9,000 of the 56,000 refugees who came to the U.S. came from Iraq. Iraqis now represent one of the largest groups of re…