Day: March 19, 2013

Senate Ed backs three ISBA labor bills

The Senate Education Committee approved bills addressing three labor issues: teachers’ association representation, employment disputes and reductions in force.

Personal property tax bill passes House, 67-2

The $20 million property tax cut for businesses enjoyed wide-ranging support in the House. The bill now goes to a Senate with a long history of rewriting House-passed tax legislation.

House panel kills chairman’s bill

Five committee Republicans join three Democrats to oppose a bill pushed by Chairman Rep. Reed DeMordaunt, R-Eagle.

In the Nampa district, the other shoe drops

Less than a week after voters approved a $4.3 million school levy, Nampa school administrators are planning to close an elementary school to balance the district’s books.

Personal property tax bill sails to House floor

Drafted by counties — with the blessing of the Idaho School Boards Association and the Idaho Association of School Administrators — a new personal property tax repeal bill is gathering steam.