(KLIX)- Buhl School officials are hoping an upcoming levy election will help fill a budget gap. Next week Buhl voters will be asked to head to the polls and approve a $400,000 supplemental levy that would run for two years. Buhl School’s Superintendent Byron Stutzman says the tax rate for a home valued at 100,000 would be about $41...
With the Super Committee failing to come to a deficit-reduction agreement a few days ago, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo said it's more important than ever for the rest of Congress to cut the country's deficit themselves.
In a speech given from the White House Rose Garden on Monday, President Obama proposed a $3 trillion plan to cut the deficit, with half of that amount covered by increased taxes on the wealthy and another $800 million financed by letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire.
“If we are going to make spending cuts… then it is only right we ask everyone to pay their fair share … We can’t afford these specia
Top Story Podcast 8/24/11: First hour - The earthquake in Virginia, the impending hurricane Irene, the debilitating national debt...are these the "wrath of God?" Second hour - State of the City with Councilman Will Kezele and "hot sauce mom," the Alaska woman who poured hot sauce into her adopted son's mouth to discipline him and get o the Dr
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The members of Idaho's congressional delegation say they aren't impressed with the president's plan to cut the federal deficit. Obama's plan calls for, among other things, a reduction in spending in the tax code, specifically by not extending the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Top Story Podcast 4/13/11: First Hour - President Obama speaks to the nation today. He will announce his plan to "fix" the deficit...take from the rich and give to the poor. That should work well. Second Hour - State of the City and more deficit fixing
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