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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A three-part tax bill that would eliminate the grocery sales tax and lower income taxes on top earners has passed an Idaho House panel. The bill by House Republican leadership would also include a seven-cent fuel tax increase, which would raise $65 million per year to address Idaho's transportation funding shortfall.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislative budget writers are matching Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's request to restore public education money slashed during the economic downturn by adding roughly $101 million to the Idaho schools budget. The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee approved increasing the schools budget by 7.4 percent.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Hecla Mining has agreed to acquire Revett Mining in a $20 million stock deal that anticipates closing one silver and copper mine northwestern Montana mine and pursuing the development of another. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based Hecla intends to continue the permitting process for Revett's Rock Creek Mine, but plans to close and reclaim the Troy Mine southwest of Libby.
SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho wolf exhibition is challenging the pending suspension of its commercial license by state officials. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game suspended Wolf People's license, contending the company failed to comply with a 2012 agreement prohibiting visitors from touching the wolves.
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