Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Idaho to refinance jobless debt to feds, saving employers $167M

  March 27, 2011 in Business on Page E1 BOISE – Idaho employers will save $167 million in the next three years, thanks to new legislation this year that will finance the state’s unemployment fund debt to the federal …

• House votes to extend homebuyer credit 3 months

  June 29, 2010 in Business, Nation/World Homebuyers would get an extra three months to complete their purchases and qualify for a generous tax credit under a bill overwhelmingly passed by the House today. 4

• Obama budget would impose host of tax increases

  February 1, 2010 in Nation/World While President Barack Obama is proposing to cut some taxes for companies that hire workers, his budget would raise a host of other taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals. 12

• Obama unveils budget with $3.83T in spending

  February 1, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan Monday, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the … 1

• AP sources: Obama to seek freeze on part of budget

  January 25, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama will ask Congress to freeze spending for some domestic programs for three years beginning in 2011, administration officials said Monday. Separately, Obama unveiled plans to help a … 11

• Lawmakers seek to extend $8,000 tax credit

  October 15, 2009 in Nation/World Lawmakers are trying to extend and expand an $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers, a stimulus-package tax break that many regard as a significant prop for the still-tottering economy.

• Stimulus benefits housing for poor

  July 8, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 When Salem Lutheran Church in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood started looking at what really was the best use for land it owned behind and across the street from the church, …