ARTICLES BY RYAN STRUYK/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The road to compromise

BOISE - After two full days of negotiating how to address Idaho's transportation funding shortfall, a six-member joint panel reached a $95 million compromise.

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The price of driving

BOISE - A House panel is endorsing a bill to raise $70 million to $100 million for Idaho's crumbling roads, marking the first major hurdle cleared by a transportation funding plan as the legislative session approaches its end.

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House panel kills teacher pay proposal

BOISE - The Idaho Legislature will likely extend past its targeted March 27 end-date now that a House panel has killed a long-awaited proposal to boost teacher pay.

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Idaho House weighs 3 last-minute roads funding bills

BOISE - House lawmakers are courting three last-minute proposals promising to fund Idaho's transportation shortfall as the legislative session inches closer to its expected March 27 end-date.

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House panel introduces gun rewrite proposal

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House panel considers last-ditch road funding

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Panel approves plan to require sign language interpreter license

BOISE - A legislative panel is endorsing a bill to require Idaho sign language interpreters to get a professional license from a state board.

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Panel stalls Ybarra's substitute to blind and deaf board

BOISE - A legislative panel is stalling Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra's request to appoint a substitute to lead a board supporting students who are visually impaired or have hearing loss.

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Juvenile corrections head clears first reappointment hurdle

BOISE - A legislative panel is recommending Idaho's head of juvenile corrections be reappointed, despite a recent lawsuit alleging sexual abuse at a southwest Idaho detention center.

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Idaho wolf control board asks lawmakers to maintain budget

BOISE (AP) - Wildlife officials asked lawmakers Tuesday to maintain the operating budget of a committee tasked with killing wolves that attack livestock, even though the panel anticipates a $130,000 surplus.

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Lawmakers cast doubt on higher education goal

BOISE - Some lawmakers cast doubt Wednesday on whether the state can reach its goal for 60 percent of Idaho's young adults to have a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2020.

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Idaho agriculture exports double in last 7 years

BOISE - Idaho's agricultural exports have more than doubled in the last seven years, officials told a legislative panel Tuesday.

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Juvenile corrections head defends agency

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Idaho panel calls for collaboration on federal land takeover

BOISE - A legislative panel is urging Idaho lawmakers to pursue a collaborative approach while seeking to assume control of federally managed public land.

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