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• Idaho House favors private school tax credits

  March 20, 2013 in Idaho The House voted 35-33 for a tax break for those who donate to private and religious school scholarships, saying it will promote school choice for parents who don’t think the … 8

• Eye on Boise: Private school tax break plan heads to House vote

  March 17, 2013 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, says he believes his bill to provide $10 million a year in tax credits for scholarships to private schools would prompt 2,622 Idaho … 4

• Gregoire offers parting words

  January 16, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – In her last speech to a Legislature with which she sometimes fought, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire said they accomplished much over the last eight years, but still have … 4

• Gregoire says successors’ budget proposals won’t work

    October 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire served warning Thursday to her two would-be successors that the budget plans they’re pushing on the campaign trail won’t work and they’ll need to … 19

• Expert cites tea party in Idaho poll’s divide

    September 21, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s 16-point lead over Democrat Keith Allred masks weaknesses that show the race is far from over. Otter leads Allred 45 percent to 29 percent in a … 2

• Black students trail whites in Wash. school tests

  July 20, 2009 in City Despite years of work to improve black students’ test scores, they continue to trail white students in Washington state’s public schools, a federal report has found.