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Raises for state employees are up in the air after lawmakers on the budget writing Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee deadlocked on two proposals Thursday.

The budget requests are meant to address increasing resources need to manage water in Idaho, as the population continues to grow at a fast rate.

IDL presented a budget preview with a nearly 29% – or roughly $2 million – increase from the general fund.

An education budget was approved by the Idaho legislature on Monday. It calls for a 6.1% increase over last year — just short of state school…

In a frenzy of activity Monday, legislative budget-writers approved a 5.9 percent increase in public school funding, sending the budget off to the rest of…

Idaho’s lieutenant governor, Brad Little, made a pitch to the state’s powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. Rather than make any serious…

The co-chair of Idaho's powerful budget-setting committee says she won't run for re-election in 2018.State Sen. Shawn Keough, a Republican from Sandpoint,…

State budget writers have approved allocating $526,900 to help research and dispose contaminated fields in eastern Idaho.The request, made up of both…

Friday we wrap up week six of the Idaho Legislature. Lawmakers are getting down to the business of passing bills in committees and sending them to the…

On Monday, the Idaho Legislature fielded a flurry of bills from committees. That’s by design.The 36th calendar day of each legislative session is the last…