Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on how Idahoans overwhelmingly support raising state taxes on cigarettes and alcohol to address the state's budget deficit, according to a new statewide poll, even as they oppose other tax hikes and spending cuts. The poll,…
There's some very interesting data in the Moore Information poll released today by a coalition of health groups pushing for a big cigarette tax increase in Idaho. Among the results: 47 percent of Idahoans say the state is generally headed in the right direction, while…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's outgoing Senate minority leader is taking a job with the Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle. Sen. Kate Kelly, a Democratic senator since 2004, will be director of the Office of Ecosystems, Tribal…
Idaho House Tax Chairman Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot, said he supports a big hike in the state's cigarette tax in the coming year, and may co-sponsor the legislation. "I do support it," he said. "They wanted to bring a bill to raise cigarette taxes last year…
A new poll conducted by Moore Information shows a startling 71 percent of Idahoans favor increases in state taxes on tobacco and alcohol to address Idaho's budget deficit, and 73 percent support a $1.50 per pack increase in the cigarette tax to preserve Medicaid funding…
The IRS says it has half a million dollars it wants to pay to 408 Idahoans, but it can't find them. Here's the report from the Associated Press: NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 408 Idaho taxpayers — and it's…
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