Track officials 'devastated' by ban on horse racing machines

BOISE- Turning off 200 machines Friday morning had already caused John Sheldon to lose 80 employees by the afternoon.

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Idaho Supreme Court allows Boy Scout lawsuit to move forward

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Officials seek to limit corporate naming in parks

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Boise boasts Basque block

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Homeless camping lawsuit returns to court

BOISE - Attorneys on Thursday once again defended an ordinance that bars sleeping and camping in public spaces in an ongoing lawsuit brought by several homeless Idaho residents against the city of Boise.

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Sign of the times

BOISE - If you're looking for milepost 420, you won't find it in Idaho.

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Otter declines to order investigation of Planned Parenthood

BOISE - Gov. Butch Otter said he will not launch an investigation into Planned Parenthood facilities in Idaho despite receiving a request from nearly 30 Republican state lawmakers.

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Idaho Supreme Court listens to betting-machine arguments

BOISE - Justices on Idaho's highest court listened to legal arguments on Tuesday over whether lucrative betting machines should remain legal in the state.

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Judge: Anti-dairy-spying law unconstitutional

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Kidnapping suspect's sister files claim vs. FBI

BOISE - The sister of a man killed in the Idaho wilderness after he was suspected of kidnapping a teen girl and killing her mother and brother in California has filed a claim seeking $20 million from the FBI.

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Idaho festival celebrates Basque culture, history

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Lottery reports drop in dividend

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Chobani picked as Greek yogurt provider for school lunches

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Ybarra: Teacher evaluation system will be audited

BOISE - Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra will wait for an audit on Idaho's teacher evaluation system to be completed before speculating if school administrators are misusing performance reviews tied to teacher pay raises.

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Idaho health exchange needs revenue boost to be sustainable

BOISE - Idaho's online insurance exchange needs to collect $9 million in total revenue by the summer of 2017 or risk dipping into its limited reserves in order to stay in business.

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Coeur d'Alene Tribe takes betting machine battle to court

BOISE - The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is asking the Idaho Supreme Court to order the state to enforce legislation banning instant horse racing terminals.

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Health insurance companies asking for higher rates in Idaho

BOISE - Health insurance companies are requesting rate increases on average as high as 25 percent more for plans in Idaho for 2016, citing increased medical costs and changes in utilization over the past year.

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Report: Idaho reaches highest recorded deaths

BOISE - Idaho saw the highest number of deaths in 2013 throughout the state since record-keeping began, with cancer barely squeezing out heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death, according to the state Department of Health and Welfare.

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BASE jumpers pushed to remote, no-rules sites

BOISE - BASE jumpers, by nature, just want to be free.

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'Today is one of comfort'

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Wildfire forecast for 2015 predicts busy season for Idaho

BOISE - Prolonged drought conditions across the West have national wildfire experts expecting a busy and early fire season.

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Butch brings 'em back

BOISE - Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday called lawmakers back to work over a failed child support bill previously rejected over concerns about Islamic law.

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Transportation funding issue keeps legislative session going

BOISE - Transportation funding woes continue to be the main hurdle preventing Idaho lawmakers from concluding this year's legislative session.

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Idaho House passes tax overhaul bill

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Committee boosts schools budget by 7.4 percent

BOISE - Legislative budget writers are matching Gov. Butch Otter's request to restore public education money slashed during the economic downturn by adding roughly $101 million to the Idaho schools budget.

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Gay rights activists hack official's old web address

BOISE - The former web address of an Idaho Republican lawmaker has been taken over by a group claiming to be gay rights activists, decorated with rainbows and used to post text requesting that the Legislature meet with same-sex marriage supporters.

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Three lawmakers protest against Hindu prayer

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Gay rights activists arrested

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Idaho House approves new medical abortion regulations

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Teacher pay proposal revealed

BOISE - One of the Idaho Legislature's most anticipated proposals to boost teacher pay has finally been revealed, shortly before lawmakers set the state's public education budget.

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Legislators: Educators on their own

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Senate to debate instant racing

BOISE - A bill seeking to outlaw Idaho's slot-like betting machines is on its way to the Senate floor despite racetrack representatives' protests that tracks will close without the machines.

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Judge voids broadband contract, clarifies ruling

BOISE - A district judge said Idaho's troubled broadband contract is void, clarifying a November ruling that sent state officials scrambling to find a solution to preserve the state's public schools broadband program.

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Report: Idaho spends millions each year on outside counsel

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Community college presidents seek more help

BOISE - Idaho community college officials argue they need more tax dollars to help improve the state's overall college enrollment and graduation rates, but legislative budget writers are facing pressure from the governor's office to keep the funding levels low.

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Obama goes to Idaho

BOISE - Idaho's politics may run red, but the city of Boise is one of the Gem State's few Democratic strongholds. It showed Wednesday when thousands of people in a Boise State University building erupted into cheers as President Barack Obama took the stage for his first post-State of the …

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Lawmakers may change election qualification

BOISE - A seemingly simple housekeeping bill sailed through the Idaho House with no discussion or debate Tuesday. However, the bill seeks to rectify a glaring difference between the Idaho Constitution and state law outlining the requirements of who can run for legislative office.

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Obama set for first visit to Idaho since '08

BOISE - President Barack Obama is headed to Idaho for the first time since a 2008 campaign stop and could touch on anything from tax reform to immigration, depending on Tuesday's State of the Union address.

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Lawmakers align with Otter's revenue forecast

BOISE - Idaho lawmakers voted once again with Gov. Butch Otter's revenue projections, making it a third year in a row where legislators sided with a cautious optimism that more cash will flow into Idaho in the 2016 fiscal year.

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Otter seeks school funding increase

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Otter takes public oath of office, starts 3rd term

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Otter promises to restore school funding

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Idaho gay marriage fight appealed to Supreme Court

BOISE - Idaho's governor and attorney general have filed separate petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, fighting against gay marriage and arguing that the state's case has national consequences.

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2014 a big year for Idaho

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Student newspaper editor: We plagiarized to make a point

BOISE - An Idaho high school student newspaper editor said she intentionally plagiarized an editorial because she wanted to send a message to State Superintendent-elect Sherri Ybarra.

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Your Health Idaho info emerges slowly

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Idaho exchange extends enrollment

BOISE - Idaho residents will have an extra five days to choose a plan from the state's health insurance exchange.

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Idaho federal lands panel stresses collaboration

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Idaho prison director announces resignation

BOISE - Idaho Department of Correction Director Brent Reinke announced that he was resigning from his post Tuesday after leading the department since 2007 through a highly public scandal involving a private prison, overseeing two executions and enhancing the department's oversight of contracts.

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Governor seeks to file more gay-marriage amendments

BOISE - Idaho's governor wants to file additional arguments in his attempt to have 11 judges from a San Francisco-based appeals court review a smaller panel's ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.

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Idaho education board approves certification rules

BOISE - Idaho's board of education unanimously approved a stricter teacher certification process with the promise of increased pay to make the new licensing plan more attractive to school officials.

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Idaho health exchange to open enrollment Nov. 15

BOISE - Idaho is on track to become the only Republican-dominated state to launch its own health insurance exchange when enrollment opens Nov. 15.

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Dark day for Ds

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Typically quiet Idaho treasurer race heats up

BOISE - Idaho's normally quiet race for state treasurer is heating up during the last leg of the midterm election as four-term incumbent Ron Crane faces off against political newcomer Deborah Silver.

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Idaho candidates take part in gubernatorial debate

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On your mark, get set, get married

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Candidates spar in Idaho secretary of state debate

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Judge rules BLM violated grazing laws in SW Idaho

BOISE - A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management once again violated federal laws when it issued grazing permits instead of analyzing how grazing could harm sage grouse in four allotments in south-central Idaho.

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Balukoff, Bujak battle it out

TWIN FALLS - The only candidate to be called a liberal in Idaho's first gubernatorial debate Wednesday was GOP Gov. Butch Otter. But even though the incumbent didn't attend the event, he was the main target of criticism.

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Tea party could make race tougher for Otter

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Name of Idaho's new tax break applicant withheld

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Adapt and modernize

IDAHO FALLS - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz championed the use of nuclear power and urged politicians and leaders in the energy industry to adapt and modernize energy production to help minimize the fallout from global warming.

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Business group blasts Democrat

BOISE - Idaho's Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff is the target of a recently launched website criticizing his political stances, but Balukoff says the site uses lies to undermine his campaign against Gov. Butch Otter.

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Superintendent of schools hopeful won't get endorsement

BOISE - A former GOP candidate for Idaho's superintendent of schools was not endorsing Republican nominee Sherri Ybarra despite previously being listed as a campaign committee member on her website.

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Idaho GOP plans to elect new leader Saturday

BOISE - Idaho Republicans are poised to elect a new party leader after spending months entrenched in political infighting over who should have control of the state's GOP.

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Idaho 'Add the 4 Words' activists sentenced

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Idaho asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Medicaid case

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Goedde's defeat could slow education reform

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Three race to become Idaho's next state GOP chair

BOISE - Idaho's contentious primary election last month left GOP leaders calling for unity in the state's largest political party. But just who should lead that effort will likely be determined by a three-way race for the party's chairmanship.

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Idaho's federal lands panel hires private attorney

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GOP newcomer Ybarra faces hurdles

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