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• Dems control Idaho tax panel

  May 26, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – For the past three months, one of Republican Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s departments has been controlled by Democrats. It’s the state Tax Commission, which is constitutionally required to …

• GOP Idaho governor has a Dem-led agency

  May 25, 2012 in Idaho For the past three months, one of Republican Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s departments has been headed by a Democrat and overseen by a majority-Democrat commission. It’s the state Tax Commission, … 1

• Eye on Boise: Twin Falls GOP committee hopeful draws party’s ire

  May 20, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Good grief – it’s happened again. It turns out that it’s not only up north that one warring GOP faction has tried to hijack another one’s name, as … 2

• Trade trip yields China dairy deal

  May 6, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter’s skills as a pitchman paid off for a North Idaho biotech company that has landed a deal to sell pregnancy tests to China’s third-largest dairy. …

• Eye on Boise: Idaho ranks low in latest measure of gender pay gap

  April 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page B9 BOISE – Idaho ranks 43rd among the states for its gender pay gap, according to a new study from the American Association of University Women. It found that, based on …

• Eye on Boise: Here’s the rub: You’ll need a license to massage

  April 8, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho will join 43 other states and start licensing massage therapists, after Sen. Jim Hammond‘s bill was signed into law last week by Gov. Butch Otter. Therapists will … 1

• Otter signs Idaho texting ban into law

  April 6, 2012 in Idaho Idaho has officially banned texting while driving, after three years of trying. 1

• Session’s hotly disputed issues won’t directly affect most Idahoans

  April 1, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho’s legislative session this year was long on drama, but many of the biggest and hottest debates won’t mean much for most of the state’s residents. Instead, it’s … 11

• Otter, Democrats differ over lawmakers’ successes

  March 31, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter praised lawmakers Friday, giving the just-concluded legislative session top marks even as minority Democrats blasted it. “I think it was a great session; in …

• Otter gives Idaho lawmakers an ‘A’

  March 30, 2012 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter praised lawmakers Friday, giving the just-concluded legislative session top marks even as minority Democrats blasted it. 6

• Senate panel mulling tax bill

  March 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A Senate panel is due today to help decide the 2012 Legislature’s last critical question: Will Gov. Butch Otter win his coveted $35 million tax relief bill, or …

• Eye on Boise: E-cigarette bill opponent saw smoke, mirrors

  February 5, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – A St. Maries legislator raised fears about a “nanny state” when the Idaho House considered legislation this week to ban the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to children, but …

• Eye on Boise: Deadline’s too tight to get health insurance exchange set up, Otter says

  January 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter told the Idaho Press Club last week that he’s all but given up on establishing a state-run health insurance exchange, unless the federal government … 1

• Eye on Boise: Health committee has plenty to peruse

  January 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – There was quite the spectacle at the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee’s first meeting last week when chairwoman Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls, had legislative pages bring …

• Otter budget doesn’t restore steep cuts

  January 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s budget proposal for next year wouldn’t restore any of the steep cuts the state has made in the past three years of economic downturn, …

• Idaho gov. calls for $45 million in tax cuts

  January 10, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE - With Idaho’s state budget flush for the first time in years, a cautious Gov. Butch Otter is calling for $45 million in tax cuts next year, a $5 … 21

• Otter’s schedule shows fewer hours, less travel

  January 8, 2012 in City on Page A6 Since his landslide re-election, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is spending significantly less time in the office. Otter, 69, typically doesn’t show up at the office Mondays, instead scheduling “general office …

• Elections, redistricting likely to play big role in Idaho

  January 8, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – As Idaho lawmakers head into an election-year session, they’re facing big decisions. Lawmakers and Gov. Butch Otter budgeted so conservatively last year that they’re now sitting on a … 3

• 2011 spotlight: Top S-R outdoors feature stories

  January 1, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 Wrangler, horse charge grizzly A trail-ride wrangler from Whitefish, Mont., rode a big, brave horse to the rescue of a young boy on a horse being chased by a grizzly …

• Otter says he’ll seek third term as governor

  December 16, 2011 in Idaho on Page A8 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter dropped something of a bombshell at a campaign fundraiser this week in Coeur d’Alene: He said he’ll run for a third term as governor in 2014. …

• Idaho Gov. Otter says he’ll seek 3rd term

  December 15, 2011 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter dropped something of a bombshell at a campaign fundraiser last night in Coeur d’Alene: He said he’ll run for a third term as governor in 2014. 7

• Huckleberries: Claim Palin, and region has two of top five

  November 27, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 Who’s the fairest conservative woman of them all? That would be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as far as John Hawkins of RightWing News is concerned. But U.S. Rep. Cathy … 5

• As execution approaches, Otter checks in from Maui

  November 17, 2011 in News, Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – As last-minute pleas for clemency continued to pour into Idaho’s state Capitol this week in advance of the state’s first execution since 1994, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter wasn’t … 17

• As execution approaches, Otter’s in Maui

  November 16, 2011 in Idaho As last-minute pleas for clemency continued to pour into Idaho’s state Capitol this week in advance of the state’s first execution since 1994, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, who could commute … 8

• As Rhoades execution nears, Otter stands by death penalty

  November 12, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, a Catholic who once studied for the priesthood, is the only one who can spare the life of condemned Idaho inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades, … 17

• Otter standing by decision not to spare killer’s life

  November 11, 2011 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, a Catholic who once studied for the priesthood, is the only one who can spare the life of condemned Idaho inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades, a multiple … 11

• Huckleberries: ‘President Otter’ has a nice ring to it

  October 9, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Count New York Times columnist Gail Collins among those who were disappointed when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and ex-Alaska Gov. (and Sandpoint native) Sarah Palin decided not to run …

• Idaho to seek grants for health exchange

  September 21, 2011 in Idaho on Page A9 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter gave the go-ahead Monday for the state to apply for nearly $31 million in federal grants to start an Idaho health insurance exchange. “It’s … 1

• Otter OKs fed grant for insurance exchange

  September 20, 2011 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter gave the go-ahead Monday for the state to apply for nearly $31 million in federal grants to start an Idaho health insurance exchange. 11

• Eye on Boise: Recruiting letter leans heavily on Otter’s name

  September 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page B7 BOISE – Of all the odd things to find in my mailbox, there was a letter from Gov. Butch Otter addressed to Ben Ysursa, who happens to be Idaho’s secretary …

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