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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 7-cent fuel tax increase, which would raise $65 million per year to address Idaho's transportation funding shortfall. The House Revenue and Taxation Committee endorsed the sweeping bill on a party-line vote yesterday.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho would have the ability to enter into an interstate compact to pursue transferring control of federal lands under a proposal making its way through the Statehouse. House lawmakers voted 45-23 yesterday to approve setting up the compact. Republican leaders say they are no longer demanding the federal government give up its public land. Instead, lawmakers say they want to pursue collaborative approaches.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislative budget writers are matching Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's request to restore public education money by adding roughly $101 million to the Idaho schools budget. The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee approved increasing the schools budget by 7.4 percent yesterday. The proposal includes allotting $33.5 million to boost teacher pay.
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho woman who cashed $30,000 of her deceased mother's monthly Social Security checks has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds. Attorney Wendy Olson says 55-year-old Wendy Banks of Idaho Falls admitted that between June 2009 and January 2014 she took the money by using a joint bank account she shared with her mother.
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