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• Orange County Now Seeks Help From Accountant It Once Spurned

  March 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The accountant whose warnings of financial ruin went unheeded by Orange County voters was sworn in as treasurer Friday, nine months after his defeat at the polls. “You want me …

• Batt Wins Battle As Senate Sustains Veto The Killed Bill Let Vehicle Sellers Notify The State That They Are No Longer Liable For Tickets Or Accidents

  March 17, 1995 in Idaho on Page B5 The Republican-dominated Senate on Thursday sustained a veto by GOP Gov. Phil Batt, averting a major political setback for the new governor in an otherwise successful first legislative session. Twenty …

• County’s Worker Files A Big Mess System For Tracking Hours, Pay Is Susceptible To Abuses, Violates Federal Rules, Audit Says

  March 17, 1995 in City on Page B1 An audit shows that Spokane County government’s system for tracking employee time and attendance is costing taxpayers money, is ripe for abuse and violates the law. Vicky Dalton, a certified …

• House Oks Bunker Cleanup Money

  March 16, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 The state House of Representatives on Wednesday approved $2.26 million for cleanup of the contaminated Bunker Hill site. The appropriation bill passed 59-5. It now goes to the state Senate, …

• Democrats Let Gop Have Its Way

  March 15, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 House Republicans pushed their “Contract With America” tax cuts through the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday after Democrats declared the package hopelessly flawed and abandoned efforts to change it. …

• Courthouse Crackdown Security Guards Begin Patrolling Courthouse, But There’s No Money For Metal Detectors

  March 7, 1995 in City on Page B1 Joseph Peterson and Beverly Walling get directions Monday from new security guards at the county courthouse. Photo by Molly O’Hara/The Spokesman-Review

• Gop Wants Food Stamps Cut $16.5 Billion The Proposal Represents A Fundamental Shift In The Design Of The Program

  March 6, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 House Republicans said Sunday that they wanted to cut $16.5 billion from the food stamp program over the next five years by establishing strict new work requirements for recipients and …

• Spokane Forced To Scale Back Goals Cost-Cutting Officials Likely To Slash Funding For Area’s Top Projects

  March 5, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane is pushing big budget requests in a tight-fisted year. The likely outcome is the city won’t get what it wants, said Rep. Jean Silver, R-Spokane, chairman of the House …

• On Lousy Day In Neighborhood, Panel Reduces Funds For Pbs Mr. Rogers, Vice President Gore Defend Spending On Educational TV

  March 3, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Mr. Rogers and Vice President Gore meet with children at a D.C. day care center. Photo by Associated Press

• House Panel’s Cuts Take Slice Out Of Doe Grumbly Warns Reductions Could Slow Hanford Work

  March 3, 1995 in City on Page B3 The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a package of more than $17 billion in spending cuts, including ones the Department of Energy has warned could slow construction of a …

• Balanced Budget Amendment Defeated Republicans Blame Clinton For One-Vote Loss, Vow To Bring It To Vote Again

  March 3, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Bob Dole

• Broke D.C. Closes For Day To Save Money

  February 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 The District of Columbia government shut down Monday. There was no trash pickup, no street cleaning, no city business, no open recreation centers - services that have eroded and then …

• Senate Votes Today On Balanced Budget Support For Amendment Is `Still Squishy,’ Democratic Aide Says

  February 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 1. The unannounced: Sens. John Breaux, Byron Dorgan, Kent Conrad, Wendell Ford and Sam Nunn, left to right, have declined to say how they will vote today. Photo by Associated …

• Americorps Feeling Threat Of Budget Cuts New National Service Program Counts 52 Volunteers In State

  February 28, 1995 in Idaho on Page B2 Two by two, they hunted for trees to protect from hungry beavers. Clutching chain-link fence and wrestling with pliers, about 40 of Idaho’s AmeriCorps members tramped through the winter-brown brush …

• Hanford Contractor In Uphill Battle For Money Says Feds Can Save In Long Run By Spending Now On Cleanup

  February 26, 1995 in City on Page B6 Ronald Bliss faces a daunting task, showing up here hat in hand, looking for money to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. His timing could hardly be worse. The Clinton …

• Panel Rejects Batt’s Request For More Cops For Second Time, Budget Writers Ignore Plea

  February 25, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Legislative budget writers took another major step toward their goal of freezing the total number of state employees on Friday when they overwhelmingly rejected Republican Gov. Phil Batt’s proposal to …

• Panel Backs UI Engineering Plan Plea By Simplot Goes Unheeded As Higher Ed Package Approved

  February 22, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 Legislative budget writers withstood pressure from Idaho’s richest man on Tuesday and backed the Board of Education’s proposed expansion of University of Idaho engineering education in Boise. And the Joint …

• Batt Wants UI Surplus For Boise

  February 16, 1995 in Idaho on Page B4 Republican Gov. Phil Batt wants cash-strapped budget writers to earmark the $2 million he had analysts identify as unneeded payroll money given the University of Idaho to underwrite expanded engineering …

• Higher Ed Funding Called Inadequate President Says WSU Favors 4.3 Percent Tuition Increase

  February 15, 1995 in City on Page B2 Washington State University President Sam Smith complained Tuesday that colleges and universities are taking a back seat in the funding of state services. Four-year institutions are expected to receive only …

• Selling Apples Takes More Than One Pitch In Japan

  February 12, 1995 in Business on Page D1 Yuichi Okazaki got a taste of Washington grown apples while grocery shopping on a recent Saturday in a Tokyo suburb. He sampled a U.S. red Delicious apple at Ito Yokado, …

• 6 Weeks In Office, Batt Wins Cuts In Property Taxes $40 Million Package Criticized As Favoring Business, Agriculture Over Homeowners

  February 10, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Senate Republicans easily approved Gov. Phil Batt’s $40 million property tax reduction plan on Thursday, handing the GOP’s first governor in 24 years a major victory six weeks into his …

• Gop Gives Cold Shoulder To Closure Of Mines Office

  February 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 President Clinton wants to close the Spokane Bureau of Mines office, revamp the Northwest’s largest electricity producer, spend more money on saving salmon and keep farm programs at current levels. …

• Low Numbers Mean More Cash For Classrooms Fewer Students, Teachers Than Expected Mean More Money For School Districts

  February 4, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Slower-than-expected enrollment growth and below-capacity staffing in some school districts combined this winter to increase the amount of state aid going to every classroom in the state. In fact, the …

• House Oks Balanced Budget Amendment A Provision Requiring A Three-Fifths Majority To Raise Taxes Fails

  January 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to add a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution by 2002, making good on perhaps the most the far-reaching promise in the Republicans’ “Contract With …

• Senators Endorse Tax Control

  January 27, 1995 in Idaho on Page B4 Senate tax-writers have given unanimous endorsement to a proposed constitutional amendment that would require a super-majority of the Legislature for approval of any future tax or fee increases. The amendment, …

• Funds Diverted In Orange County

  January 22, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 In another fiscal jolt, Orange County officials disclosed Saturday that the county treasurer’s office had wrongly diverted about $85 million into two special accounts, shortchanging scores of cities, school boards …

• ‘Penny Pinching’ Offers Practical Advice

  January 15, 1995 in Features on Page F5 According to the December issue of Kiplinger’s magazine, the consumer price index is expected to rise about 3.5 percent in 1995, compared with a 3 percent rise for ‘94. If …

• Council Oks Spending $465,217 On Trash Carts 10,000 Special Bins First Step Toward Automating City Garbage Pickup

  January 10, 1995 in City on Page B1 It’s top of the line with a streamlined lid, reinforced bottom and easy-roll tires. One might even call it the Cadillac of garbage carts. That’s exactly what two City Council …

• Fox May Ask State For Less Education Aid New Schools Superintendent Says Proposed Salary Increase May Be Way To Cut $30 Million

  January 3, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Anne Fox

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