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Eye On Boise archive for March 17, 2011

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011

AP: Renewable energy credit stalls...

Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A tax break extension for Idaho's alternative energy developers is stalled until next week after talks late Thursday between utility lobbyists, wind developers, legislators and Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's office ended without resolution.…

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Senate Ed endorses KTEC bill

The Senate Education Committee has endorsed HB 236, the House-passed bill to allow the Kootenai Technical Education Campus to open a year earlier by starting construction before all the money for the multi-district vocational education center is in from a tax levy. Coeur d'Alene Schools…

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What the Medicaid bill does... 

Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on the Medicaid cuts bill that passed the House today, HB 260; it now moves to the Senate. In addition to moves aimed at achieving long-term savings, like looking into more of a managed-care model, the…

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Future of energy policy in play this week...

A debate unfolding in the state capitol this week will determine how the state's energy policy will look in the years to come, reports John Miller of the Associated Press, from hotly debated legislation to extend the state's renewable energy tax credit to a proposal…

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Idaho Dems decry Medicaid cuts

The Idaho Democratic Party has issued a statement decrying the Medicaid cuts approved by the Idaho House today, saying, "Today House Republicans voted to devastate the lives of thousands of Idahoans." All of the 56 House members who voted for the bill, HB 260, today…

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Medicaid cuts bill passes House, 56-14

The House has voted 56-14 in favor of HB 260, the bill to cut $34 million in state funds, $108 million total, from the state's Medicaid program. All House Democrats and Rep. Tom Trail, R-Moscow, voted against the bill; all other House members voted in…

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House takes up Medicaid cuts... 

The Idaho House is now debating HB 260, the Medicaid cuts bill. House Health & Welfare Chairwoman Janice McGeachin described the process that resulted in today's bill, including the removal of several proposed cuts in services for people with developmental disabilities that drew a big…

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House passes off-track betting bill

The House has voted 40-29 in favor of HB 191, the off-track simulcast betting bill, which would allow the eight small horse race tracks in Idaho to move their current licenses for betting on simulcasts of live races to a facility other than the track…

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