The Idaho Senate voted 20-15 Tuesday to let the Department of Insurance use a $2.5 million grant from the 2010 federal health reform plan to research a health insurance exchange. Many senators spoke against the plan, due to their opposition to the overall health insurance plan. Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, one of the leading budget [...]
Posts Tagged ‘JFAC’
Budget setting stalled, waiting on Medicaid, education spending
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 10th, 2011
March 10th, 2011
Lawmakers trim their own spending
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 9th, 2011
March 9th, 2011
Idaho budget progressing, but funding for schools, Medicaid loom large
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 9th, 2011
March 9th, 2011
Idaho parks depending more on fees to stay open
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 8th, 2011
March 8th, 2011
Idaho prisons budget rises where others have seen cuts
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 7th, 2011
March 7th, 2011
State funding for Idaho higher education could drop more than $7 million
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 4th, 2011
March 4th, 2011
New state workers to get health benefits sooner
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 4th, 2011
March 4th, 2011
Lawmakers approve using federal health care reform money for insurance exchange
By Brad Iverson-Long
March 2nd, 2011
March 2nd, 2011
Budget writers reject additional cuts to Otter and his budget staff
By Brad Iverson-Long
February 24th, 2011
February 24th, 2011
