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Eye On Boise archive for Dec. 10, 2017

SUNDAY, DEC. 10, 2017


A public comment session on the Idaho Health Care Plan waiver proposal drew an overflow crowd in Boise on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, as did a session Friday in Pocatello. Public comments next will be gathered in Coeur d’Alene. (Idaho Voices for Children)

Public input sessions draw support for health care waiver plan

Idaho’s latest plan to address the state’s health coverage gap will be addressed in two public sessions in Coeur d’Alene Monday and Tuesday; sessions in Boise and Pocatello on the Idaho Health Care Plan have drawn overflow crowds. The proposal calls for the state to seek waivers from the federal government to allow a portion of those now fall in...

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Guv candidates talk tax policy; state budget trends and status; economic signs and more; my Sun. column

When Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador, speaking via video, was asked to address tax policy as a candidate for governor last week at the Associated Taxpayers of Idaho annual conference, he said Idaho’s government “needs to be slashed.” “My tax plan, just to be clear, it’s going to take some years,” Labrador said, after touting his “5-5-5” plan...

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