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• Gregoire says her state’s best for business

  March 10, 2010 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire jabbed back at her Idaho counterpart Tuesday over whose state is better for business. Washington got a better rating in Forbes Magazine for being business-friendly … 3

• Idaho courting tax-weary Washington companies

  March 8, 2010 in News, Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is suggesting Washington businesses come over to his side of the border if taxes go up like they have in Oregon. 5

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  Otter lays out plans for parks

  January 23, 2010 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and state Parks Director Nancy Merrill announced a plan Friday to save $4.5 million at the state parks department next year – but not …

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  War hero gets day of his own

  December 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has proclaimed Thursday will be Vernon J. Baker Day, in honor of the St. Maries resident who is the only living African-American Medal of Honor recipient … 1

• Idaho roads budget far short of need

  December 3, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho is now short $211 million a year from what it needs to maintain its roads and bridges in their current, deteriorated condition, a state task force learned …

• No Idaho roads fix this year

  December 2, 2009 in Idaho Idaho is now short $211 million a year from what it should be spending just to maintain its roads and bridges in their current, deterioriated condition, a state task force … 1

• No shortage of ideas for state budget cost-cutting

  December 1, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter’s “efficiency” Web site has received 217 money-saving suggestions for state government so far from Idahoans, with the runaway winner being a cut in pay for …

• Otter puts in his oar on changing dock rules

  November 22, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – If it were up to Gov. Butch Otter, owners of boat docks on state-owned lakes would be free to put up solid wooden boat covers, complete with roofs, …

• Sweetened partings stir ire

  November 21, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho state agencies have spent more than $125,000 in the past six months to boost the retirement accounts of three departing employees, including one agency director, even though … 1

• Dairy study gives fodder to immigration discussion

  November 1, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Immigration as a political issue has sparked plenty of rhetoric in Idaho in recent years, but a new University of Idaho study shines new light on how heavy …

• Idaho laying off state workers

  October 31, 2009 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Dozens of Idaho state employees lost their jobs in the past month as a result of midyear state budget holdbacks imposed in late September. More cuts are coming. …

• Otter defends health insurance cut

  October 21, 2009 in Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is defending a move to sharply increase health insurance costs for part-time state employees, even though some will face premiums that exceed their take-home pay. “This is … 1

• Idaho road funding about half of what was expected

  October 7, 2009 in Idaho BOISE - The $54 million transportation funding compromise that ended Idaho’s second-longest legislative session this year has now shrunk to about $28 million, far less than Gov. Butch Otter said … 2

• Budget tighteners say they spread the lack of wealth

  October 4, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – When Gov. Butch Otter divided state agencies into three groups for varying levels of budget cuts, some wondered why elected officials made the top “critical and constitutionally required …

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  Otter announces more budget cuts

  September 26, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Friday announced 4 percent cuts in the state budget, effective immediately, to make up about two-thirds of the state’s $151 million budget shortfall. …

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  Otter orders new Idaho budget cuts

  September 25, 2009 in Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has announced 4 percent cuts in the state budget, effective immediately, to make up about two-thirds of the state’s $151 million budget shortfall in the current year. …

• With budget, Otter faces ‘vicious circle’

  September 20, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – As Gov. Butch Otter ponders whether to make additional cuts in Idaho’s already much-trimmed state budget, he faces a dilemma: Budget cuts could trim state jobs at the …

• Choices loom amid bad budget news for Idaho

  September 3, 2009 in Idaho Idaho is facing a $151.4 million tax revenue shortfall in the current budget year, according to a new state forecast, and state leaders will have to decide whether to further …

• Idaho will pay for child vaccine through January

  August 4, 2009 in Idaho The state of Idaho will buy all required childhood vaccines through January 2010, Gov. Butch Otter said today. The governor earlier had called for eliminating the state’s vaccine program in …

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  Idaho guv wants ‘total, complete transparency’ on state lands

  July 21, 2009 in Idaho A committee of top real estate professionals was asked to review how Idaho could update its rules for transfers of state endowment lands to match “modern business practices,” and this …

• Best ideas for region homegrown, Otter says

  July 19, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – In his keynote speech this past week at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s big annual conference in Boise, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter had some sharp words for the …

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  Otter retreats on Idaho road funding

  June 23, 2009 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter took a major step back in his push for more road funding in the state on Tuesday, assigning a task force studying funding solutions to report …

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  Otter’s hard line softens over time

  May 17, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – When Idaho Gov. Butch Otter was a legislator back in the ’70s, he was precisely the sort of outspoken, no-new-taxes, shrink-government conservative as those in the House who …

• New plates honor combat victims

  May 12, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho already had more than 70 special license plates, touting interests as varied as breast cancer awareness and skiing. Now it has four more. Gov. Butch Otter signed …

• New Idaho specialty plates include ‘Gold Star’

  May 11, 2009 in Idaho Idaho already had more than 70 options for special license plates, from breast cancer awareness to snow skier to Pearl Harbor survivor. Now it’s got four more, as Gov. Butch …

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  Idaho governor and legislators remain at odds

  April 21, 2009 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter vetoed 25 bills on Tuesday, after his own party in the House overwhelmingly killed his transportation plan.

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  Otter warns of ‘disasters’ looming with state’s bridges

  March 21, 2009 in City on Page B3 The day after the Idaho House of Representatives killed Gov. Butch Otter’s proposal to raise the state’s gas tax to fund road work, the governor told a Coeur d’Alene Rotary …

• Otter warns of pressing highway needs

  March 20, 2009 in Idaho The day after the Idaho House of Representatives killed Gov. Butch Otter’s proposal to raise the state’s gas tax to fund road work, the governor told a Coeur d’Alene Rotary …

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  Lawmakers mull Otter plans to boost roads, cut schools

  March 12, 2009 in Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s plan to boost road spending three different ways but cut education sent Idaho lawmakers reeling Thursday, with some saying the governor’s right and others calling for “middle … 1

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  Otter will accept $1 billion stimulus

  March 7, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Despite national reports that Idaho Gov. Butch Otter was among a few governors who would reject federal stimulus money, Otter said Friday that he’ll take most – if …

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