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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A newly revised proposal designated to increase beginning teacher pay in Idaho has received a tentative stamp of approval from a House panel. The House Education Committee agreed to introduce the $211 million proposal Wednesday. A similar proposal died last week after lawmakers and teachers raised objections over the bill's structure. Under the bill, rookie teacher pay would bump up from $31,750 a year to $32,700 a year. Teacher pay would slowly increase over five years to $37,000 a year.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho city has agreed to pay $80,000 after one of the city's police officers shot and killed a dog inside a parked van. The Coeur d'Alene City Council on Tuesday approved the settlement with the dog's owner, Craig Jones. Jones initially sought $350,000 in a claim filed in October. An officer responding to a report of a suspicious van on July 9 shot through a partially opened window and killed the 2-year-old black Labrador mix named Arfee after police say the dog lunged.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House panel has approved a proposal to let the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation receive money from corporate sponsors. The sponsorships would generate an estimated $20,000 in the first year and up to $100,000 in future years. The bill unanimously passed the Senate in late February.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House panel has revived a grade school student's bill to designate the Idaho giant salamander as the state amphibian. The House State Affairs Committee had voted to block the bill 10-6 in late January, citing concerns about federal overreach. But the committee pulled an about-face Wednesday by voting to send it to House floor for a full vote.
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