Senator Taylor wants transparency in budgets

Greetings from Helena! We passed the revenue estimate out of the Senate Taxation Committee last week. The 2013-year estimate is nearly $2 billion, and the 2014 and 2015 estimates are over $2 billion each year. That’s lots of money.

Senator Taylor wants transparency in budgets

Greetings from Helena! We passed the revenue estimate out of the Senate Taxation Committee last week. The 2013-year estimate is nearly $2 billion, and the 2014 and 2015 estimates are over $2 billion each year. That’s lots of money.

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Glacier Bank

On April 7, 2016, the Glacier Family of Banks, which includes Glacier Bank of Kalispell, received the Innovation in Financial Education Award presented by Nasdaq and EverFi. This is the 2nd year running that the institution has received the award. Glacier Bank has offices across western Montana including Kalispell, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Eureka, Libby, Bigfork, Lakeside, Polson, Ronan, Pablo, Anaconda and Butte. Honorees were selected based on a set of criteria that included the scale and reach of their financial education initiatives, the duration of their commitment, and unique employee volunteering activities that supplement their programs. Thirty-five institutions were honored with this distinction at a ceremony hosted at Nasdaq Marketsite in New York City. Glacier Bank Market President, Robert Nystuen commented, “Glacier Bank employees donate thousands of hours each year in service to organizations that advance our communities. By financing and supporting financial education in our schools we provide a tool our educators can utilize at no cost to ensure our young people have an understanding of financial literacy.” Administered by teachers in a classroom setting, the web-based course offers over six hours of programming on a variety of financial topics including credit scores, insurance, credit cards, student loans, mortgages, taxes, stocks, savings, 401k’s and other critical concepts that map to national financial literacy standards. Glacier Bank also offers online adult financial literacy education through the Financial Foundations for Adults Program. It is free to community members, customers and non-customers alike, and to community based organizations. The education is also provided to bank employees through the Wellness Program. For more information on the adult program please visit Glacier Bank’s website at www.glacierbank.com or contact a bank representative.

Education Government + Politics Private education tax credit bill heads to Idaho governor

The Idaho Senate on Wednesday narrowly approved a plan to spend $50 million on refundable tax credits for private education expenses, sending House Bill 93 to the governor.

Washington DC announces phase 2 reopening starting Monday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's capital is moving ahead with the second phase of its reopening Monday, as city officials credited months of social restrictions with blunting an anticipated spike in COVID-19 infections.

Former Granco manager charged for theft

Allegedly confessed to crime

EPHRATA — A former Granco Federal Credit Union branch manager is accused of stealing $56,212 from his bank by adding money to his paycheck and inflating his vacation time.

New hires bring experience to STCU business services and commercial lending team

With demand increasing for business and commercial services, the region’s largest credit union has beefed up its commercial and business division with newcomers bring decades of experience to an already-seasoned team.

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NIC enrollment numbers down

Most recent headcount is down 5.45 percent from last spring

North Idaho College's spring enrollment is down, consistent with the decrease seen in last fall's semester enrollment.

Suspect sought in Tubbs Hill auto burglary

Coeur d'Alene Police detectives are seeking the identity of a woman suspected in an auto burglary on Monday at the base of Tubbs Hill between 6 and 7:15 p.m.

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U.S. consumer borrowing hits another record in June

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumer borrowing hit another record in June, good news for the American economy.

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Attack of the credit card dine and dash

Someone called the Whitefish Police Department to report a man had eaten $23 worth of food and tried to pay for it with a credit card. When the waiter swiped the card, it was declined. When he returned to the man’s table, he was gone. The man was described as tall and he wore a dark-colored plaid shirt, jeans and a ballcap.