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Eye On Boise archive for April 2013

TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013

Five state cabin sites draw conflict bids

Four cabin owners on state-owned leased land at Priest Lake, and one at Payette Lake, have drawn conflict bidders who want to bid against them in the fall for the right to continue leasing the ground under their cabins. It’s the first time in decades…

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Payday loan complaints rise 

Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho financial regulators are logging more complaints from consumers about the practices of payday lenders. The Idaho Department of Finance received 56 complaints about payday loans last year, up from 38 in 2011.…

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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013





Former Sen. Craig slated as commencement speaker 

Here's a news item from the Associated Press: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig is scheduled to speak Thursday at commencement ceremonies for graduates at a University of Idaho satellite campus in Idaho Falls in southeastern Idaho. The Post Register reports…

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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013


Idaho, prison medical firm at odds over contract

Idaho's prison system will increase payments to its medical provider by hundreds of thousands of dollars after the company demanded a raise, the AP reports, but will only extend its $27 million annual contract with Corizon Correctional Healthcare until January, not another 12 months as…

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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013

More than three dozen testify on ed needs 

Lots and lots of people spoke at the education stakeholders task force forum in Boise this evening; by my count, 37 had testified by the time the meeting ended around 9:20 p.m. Among those, 15 spoke out against the new Common Core standards. The next-most…

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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013


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