Eye on Boise: Double-standard exists for state employee pay
Sat., July 27, 2019, 4:37 p.m.
If Idaho state workers’ pay raises are dependent on performance, why do directors and agency heads get 3% across the board?
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28 Idaho lawmakers oppose Boise State diversity programs
UPDATED: Fri., July 12, 2019, 10:19 p.m.
A group of 28 Idaho Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Boise State University criticizing the school’s efforts to aid underrepresented minority students because the lawmakers say the programs increase costs and go against the “Idaho way.”
Eye on Boise: New tax commission chief comes from the business world
Sun., June 9, 2019, 5 a.m.
Tom Harris came from the business world, not the tax world, to his new post as chairman of the Idaho State Tax Commission. But the former longtime president of Western States Equipment – he was there for 45 years – isn’t planning a big revamp for the agency.
Eye on Boise: Lawmakers gear up to dive into future Medicaid expansion funding, impacts
Sun., May 26, 2019, 5 a.m.
A legislative interim committee has scheduled four meetings between now and November, with the first on June 17, to “evaluate the effectiveness of Medicaid eligibility expansion and its impact on the financial obligation of the counties and the state in providing indigent assistance.”