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• Panel takes aim at state tax breaks

  July 15, 2011 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – A special panel is recommending the Washington Legislature end three tax breaks and review eight others the state offers to various businesses or consumer groups. The Joint Legislative …

• Senate extends tax incentive for film companies

  May 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – With signs emerging the Washington Legislature might at least make an effort to finish work by next Wednesday’s deadline, the Senate Thursday extended a tax break for movies …

• Senate panel examines tax breaks

  May 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – From frozen bull semen and chicken bedding to big banks’ mortgage profits, Senate Democrats took aim at the state’s system of tax breaks for businesses Wednesday. They generated … 2

• Many Idaho voters undecided about sales tax breaks

  September 22, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Idahoans favor reform of the state’s tax structure, but the path to change is full of obstructions. In a Spokesman-Review poll done in collaboration with six other daily newspapers in … 2

• Democratic lawmaker: ‘Professionalize’ Idaho’s tax panel

  September 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A10 BOISE - Idaho Rep. Wendy Jaquet plans to introduce sweeping legislation to reform Idaho’s state Tax Commission, shifting it from an agency run by four full-time political appointees to one …

• New tax deals cost Idaho millions

  September 15, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho stands to lose more than $75 million from tax compromises that are now in the works, according to a group of whistleblowers who are current and former …

• Jobless aid measure passes Senate

  March 10, 2010 in Nation/World The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year’s economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay … 4

• Senate approves tax breaks for new hires

  February 24, 2010 in Nation/World Companies that hire the unemployed would claim new tax breaks under a jobs-promoting bill the Senate passed Wednesday, delivering President Barack Obama and Democrats a much-needed victory. 4

• House panel approves tax break for shelters

  February 5, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – Even as Democrats in both houses of the Idaho Legislature are pressing to repeal some of Idaho’s existing tax breaks, a Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday successfully championed the …

• House votes to extend $31B in expiring tax breaks

  December 9, 2009 in Nation/World The House voted Wednesday to extend $31 billion in popular tax breaks, including an income tax deduction for sales and property taxes, to be financed with a tax increase on … 1

• Gregoire says she’s on top of Boeing dispute

  October 7, 2009 in Business Gov. Chris Gregoire said Wednesday she talks daily with Boeing Co. and International Association of Machinists officials, but she remained mum about her efforts to ease the tension between the … 2

• Lawmaker warns federal tax breaks could mean revenue loss for Idaho

  March 3, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Under the federal economic stimulus, people who buy new cars, pickups or RVs between Feb. 17 and the end of the year can get a tax break on …

• Otter vetoes measure to eliminate tax break

  April 15, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has vetoed the only measure to eliminate an existing tax break that lawmakers approved this year. HB 664 sought to repeal a 5 percent …

• Lawmakers stall over business tax break

  April 2, 2008 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – The fate of a tax break for businesses brought Idaho’s over-long legislative session to a standstill Tuesday, with the House refusing to go along with the Senate’s unanimous …

• Three bills to repeal tax breaks clear panel

  March 20, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – The push to re-examine Idaho’s plethora of tax exemptions and tax breaks has dwindled to just three bills that would repeal three tax breaks. Meanwhile, new tax breaks …

• Panel proposes tax break review

  October 3, 2007 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Idaho should do away with its investment tax credit, repeal three other tax breaks and review a long list of others, a joint legislative interim committee decided Tuesday. …

• 3 tax breaks get ax, for now

  October 2, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho should do away with its investment tax credit and with special tax breaks for ski areas, broadcasters and publishers, a joint legislative committee decided Monday. But the …