BOISE - The state plans to put an undetermined number of Priest Lake cottage sites on the auction block Aug. 28 at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, Idaho Department of Lands officials announced this week.
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BOISE - Idaho Gov. Butch Otter described himself Friday as "grateful," for the $400,000 appropriated to launch a wolf-control board under his administration.
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BOISE - Legislation which would provide nearly $1 million into North Idaho College's budget was introduced Thursday by three North Idaho lawmakers. Its chances for approval, however, remain unclear.
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BOISE - Rep. Frank Henderson on Thursday expressed concerns that the products turned out by the state's Idaho Correctional Industries compete too much with the private sector.
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BOISE - State budget writers on Thursday approved North Idaho College's $302,300 budget request for expanding programs at its Sandpoint Outreach Center.
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BOISE – While a lobbyist for AAA Idaho asked state lawmakers to “tap the brakes” on legislation that could lead to higher speed limits, the House Transportation and Defense Committee on Tuesday kept a steady foot on the accelerator.
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BOISE - Three North Idaho legislators voted Friday in favor of a bill which, if it becomes law, would overturn a no-carry gun policy on the North Idaho College campus.
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BOISE - Legislation was introduced Thursday which, co-sponsors say, specifies that Idaho's urban renewal districts are required to reimburse local taxing districts for services rendered.
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BOISE - Sen. Bob Nonini proposed legislation Wednesday which he says would make it clear in Idaho law that state legislators need to verify whether their substitutes at the Legislature reside within the legislative district they're representing.
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BOISE - State tax incentive legislation introduced Friday - that borrows a page from Utah's economic development playbook - would make Idaho more economically competitive with the Beehive State, a North Idaho legislator said.
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BOISE - Idaho tribal leaders on Friday - including Kootenai Tribe council member Gary Aitken Jr. - expressed concerns about the offensive nature of some sports mascots to Indian tribes.
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BOISE - Prejudgment interest rates allowed in state code could be dropped to 7.5 percent from the current 12 percent if a bill currently under consideration at the Legislature gets amended and becomes law.
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BOISE - Sen. Bob Nonini on Wednesday promoted legislation that would enable the owners of 23 historic float homes on Hidden Lake to get low-interest state financing to connect their properties to the park's sewer system.
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BOISE - The House Resources and Conservation Committee approved a bill Thursday that would allow 10-year-olds in Idaho to hunt big game if it becomes law.
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BOISE - The House tax committee Friday gave introductory approval to a cable telecommunications industry-backed measure that would provide state income tax credits to individuals and small businesses to help build broadband services.
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BOISE - State legislation to reject some EPA regulations was unanimously introduced in the House State Affairs Committee Thursday after Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, expressed uneasiness about it.
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BOISE - An opponent questioned whether a bill that cleared the Idaho House Thursday would allow people worldwide to become registered as Idaho pharmacists and register pharmacy facilities based on credentials from elsewhere.
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BOISE - Gov. Butch Otter's initiative to start up an Idaho wolf control fund with $2 million in state general fund money was on the ropes Monday in the House Resources and Conservation Committee.
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BOISE - A study concluded last year indicates that the number of children in 2013 with blood lead levels above 10 micrograms per deciliter in the Bunker Hill 21-square-mile EPA Superfund cleanup area was 2 percent.
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BOISE - Public schools superintendent Tom Luna on Thursday pitched to state budget writers a $500,000 line-item request for a new Idaho school security program modeled after the one used in Texas.
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BOISE - Gary Spackman, director of the state's water resources agency, is promoting draft legislation that could lead to new state rules to protect North Idaho water interests.
BOISE - Sen. John Goedde said Idaho lawmakers would be hard-pressed this year to unearth the millions of dollars it would take to close the gap between Gov. Butch Otter's proposed education budget and state public schools chief Tom Luna's budget proposal.
BOISE - Idaho's largest mining companies should be able to at least keep the vast majority of their workers employed throughout 2014, Idaho Mining Association Executive Director Jack Lyman said Wednesday.
