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• Idaho roads need $543 million more

  November 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho needs to spend $543 million more a year on its roads, Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation task force decided Tuesday, and the top ways it should raise the … 2

• Task force: Idaho needs $543M more for roads

  November 23, 2010 in Idaho Idaho needs to spend $543 million a year more on its roads, Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation task force decided Tuesday, and the top ways it should raise the money are …

• Idaho task force wary of hiking truck fees

  August 31, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation funding task force unanimously agreed Tuesday to accept a new state study showing heavy trucks underpay in Idaho compared to their wear and tear on …

• Study: Trucks underpay for ailing Idaho roads

  July 27, 2010 in Idaho Idaho motorists are paying more and more of the cost of maintaining the state’s roads, while drivers of heavy trucks are paying less, according to a new state study - … 3

• Idaho transportation funding shrinking

  October 8, 2009 in Idaho on Page A9 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 …

• 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

• Task force considers restoring trail money

  August 12, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – An Idaho legislative task force is leaning toward undoing an unpopular law passed this year to raid recreational trail funding in order to shift the money to road …

• Funding loss would force layoffs, ISP tells legislators

  July 1, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – If the Idaho State Police has to absorb the loss of all its gas tax funding a year from today, it won’t have anyone left to patrol the …

• Changes steer new Idaho roads study

    June 28, 2009 in City on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho wants to know whether owners of heavy trucks and cars are paying their fair share for roads. A previous study on the subject suggested heavy trucks underpay …

• Otter creates group to fix roads funding

  June 24, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter took a major step back in his push for more roads funding Tuesday, assigning a task force studying funding solutions to report back in December …

• 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 …

• Effort to raise fuel tax runs out of gas

  April 10, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Lawmakers dealt Gov. Butch Otter a one-two punch on his transportation initiative Thursday, with the House killing its last remaining bill to raise the state’s gas tax and …

• Math error stalls roads vote

  March 19, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – On the eve of a big do-or-die vote on Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation tax package, the governor’s office Wednesday discovered a $10 million math error in its main …

• Math problem stumps House

  March 19, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – On the eve of a big do-or-die vote on Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation tax package, the governor’s office Wednesday discovered a $10 million math error in its main … 1

• Otter acknowledges math error in tax plan

  March 18, 2009 in Idaho On the eve of a big do-or-die vote on Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation tax package, the governor’s office today discovered a $10 million math error in its main bill and …

• Otter revises road plan

  March 18, 2009 in Idaho on Page A11 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has reduced his demand for a five-year, $174 million boost in transportation funding to a three-year, $130 million plan. In response, a hastily convened …

• Stimulus may pay to repair roads

  February 28, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho may be able to use federal economic stimulus money for high-priority needs like paving roads, state lawmakers learned Friday, rather than just for big “shovel-ready” construction projects. …

• Audit cites poor maintenance of Idaho roads

  January 20, 2009 in Idaho on Page A4 BOISE – A long-awaited performance audit of the Idaho Transportation Department suggests the state could save millions through better management – but could save hundreds of millions by better maintaining …

• Otter to work for road funding consensus

  June 17, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter, after failing spectacularly last session to persuade state lawmakers to take on his No. 1 priority – alleviating a huge annual road funding shortfall – …