Funding

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The chairman of the House Health and Welfare Committee says his $10 million proposal to provide limited primary care services to Idahoans poorest doesn't have enough votes to pass a legislative hearing.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) Parents and citizens of Twin Falls will get a chance to hear about funding the Twin Falls Schools District will be asking for in an upcoming election.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State evaluators say many of the programs intended to help students in Idaho's public schools are not funded based on need or actual costs.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's Horse Racing Commission is scrambling to avoid a funding crisis after its primary revenue source evaporated earlier this year with the closing of the state's largest horse racing track.

JEROME, Idaho (KLIX) The Idaho Department of Labor has awarded a Jerome plastic bag manufacturer a grant to help train and hire 45 new employees by the end of the month.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho State Board of Education is considering linking funding for higher education to student success.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers from Idaho and Oregon say they are renewing efforts to change the way the country pays to fight catastrophic wildfires, arguing that agencies should be using natural disaster dollars rather than money set aside for fire prevention.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two House Republicans say they have a last-minute proposal to raise $70 million to $100 million per year in new transportation funding.

Since 2007, astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California have been scanning the great beyond for signs of alien life. However, due to a decrease in the funding the institute receives from NASA and other government sources, the institute will have to shut down the powerful bank of 42 radio dishes that it uses to target unexplored planets.