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Eye On Boise archive for Oct. 13, 2009

TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 2009


Idaho to get millions in drug settlement 

Idaho has reached a $13 million settlement with drug manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co., the state's biggest financial recovery under the Idaho Consumer Protection Act aside from the 1998 tobacco settlement. The state sued the pharmaceutical manufacturer over its marketing of Zyprexa, an anti-psychotic drug,…

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Luna: Schools need 9% more next year 

State schools Supt. Tom Luna says Idaho's public schools need a 9.2 percent increase in state general funds next year, just to keep even and fund student growth. In a budget request for fiscal year 2011 that Luna's scheduled to present to the state Board…

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