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“Megaload” Foes Asking State To Reconsider
“Megaload” Foes Asking State To Reconsider
“Megaload” Foes Asking State To Reconsider
Foes of a plan by an oil company to haul more than 200 oversized loads of refining equipment along a two-lane north Idaho highway are asking the state to reconsider a decision to permit the shipments. Earlier this month, the Idaho Transportation Department issued a permit allowing a unit of ExxonMobil to do a test run along U...
Plan Would Cut Idaho Kindergarten Budget
Plan Would Cut Idaho Kindergarten Budget
Plan Would Cut Idaho Kindergarten Budget
Republican Representative Steve Thayn introduced the bill Tuesday in the House Education Committee. Thayn says by cutting two-thirds of the roughly $50 million spent on kindergarten each year, the state could save more than $30 million, money that could be funneled back into the state general fund and spent filling in public education budget gaps in grades one through 12...