Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Luna says public schools can’t take more cuts

  October 18, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna says Idaho’s public schools need a 9.2 percent increase in state general funds next year, just to keep even and accommodate more students. In …

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  Idaho budget picture grim

  October 15, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho’s state budget news is bleak, lawmakers heard as they gathered Wednesday for the interim meeting of the Legislature’s joint budget committee. One in five Idaho school districts …

• Idaho offers smaller Promise Scholarships

  October 14, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Thousands of Idaho college students who were scheduled to receive $500 “Promise Scholarships” this year will get just $400 instead, under a plan that’s up for final approval …

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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 …