Boise County tax cap comes back, with public vote 
POSTED: Monday, March 26, 2012 at 02:51 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Boise County, Carl Olsson, Idaho Legislature, Idaho State Tax Commission, Ken Roberts
Boise County leaders could get a reprieve from Idaho lawmakers who already dashed one plan to let them issue bonds to pay off millions in legal payments. A House panel introduced a plan that would let Boise County issue bonds, though they would need county voters to approve the plan. That change won the support [...]
Boise County tax change fizzles on House floor
POSTED: Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 07:58 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Boise County, Carl Olsson, Idaho Legislature, Idaho State Tax Commission, Ken Roberts, Terry Day
Boise County faces another trip back to court or further budget cuts after the Idaho House voted down a plan that would let the county raise property taxes to pay off a $5.4 million court settlement owed to a local developer. The House on March 14 voted 36 to 32 against the measure, with opponents [...]
Perez set to replace Fitzgerald on auditorium district board
POSTED: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:13 AM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Boise Centre, Elliot Werk, Greater Boise Auditorium District, hotels, Hy Kloc, Idaho Legislature, Judy Peavey-Derr, Mike Fitzgerald, Rob Perez, taxes, Western Capital Bank
Restaurateur Mike Fitzgerald is resigning from the Greater Boise Auditorium District (GBAD), since work has taken him to eastern Idaho. On March 19, the board is set to nominate Rob Perez, the president and CEO of Western Capital Bank in Boise, to serve out Fitzgerald’s term, which runs through mid-2013. “If I’m nominated, then I [...]
Port proliferation plan stalls in House
POSTED: Monday, February 27, 2012 at 04:27 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: City of Coeur d'Alene, economic development, Idaho Legislature, Jeff Sayer, John Goedde, Mike Moyle, Port of Lewiston, ports, property taxes
An effort by northern Idaho leaders to create more port districts in Idaho has run aground on opposition from Republicans on an Idaho House panel. The House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted Feb. 27 to hold the port district legislation in committee, likely signaling the end of the idea for the year. The idea was [...]
Effort to tax online purchases introduced
POSTED: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 01:03 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Dan John, e-commerce, Idaho Legislature, Idaho State Tax Commission, Internet sales tax, Mike Crapo, sales tax
Idaho lawmakers are once again considering whether to join a multi-state agreement that could lead to collecting sales tax on online sales. The measure could help brick-and-mortar stores, which face competition from websites that offer free or cheap shipping and don’t collect Idaho’s 6 percent sales tax. The effort, which has kicked around the Capitol [...]
Idaho likely to spurn federal cash for health insurance exchange
POSTED: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 03:11 PM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: Alex LaBeau, Bill Deal, Health Care Reform, health insurance exchange, Idaho Legislature, Janice McGeachin, John Rusche, Lynn Luker
Opposition from House conservatives has ended Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s plans to use a $20.3 million federal grant for a state-run Idaho insurance exchange required by the federal health care overhaul. Instead, discussions between legislators, Otter and the insurance industry have shifted toward a state exchange created without federal money, but that’s still sufficient to reassure [...]
Lobbying firm adds Colby Cameron to staff
POSTED: Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 08:22 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Colby Cameron, Idaho Legislature, Sullivan Reberger & Eiguren
Sullivan Reberger Eiguren has announced the addition of legislative affairs professional Colby Cameron to its team. Cameron will assist partners Patrick Sullivan, Phil Reberger and Roy Eiguren with representing client affairs to the Idaho Legislature and other government entities in the retail, environmental, education, transportation, energy and health care sectors. From 2008-2010, Cameron worked for [...]
Despite threat, Idaho’s Exergy sticks by projects
POSTED: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 08:22 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: alternative energy, Exergy, Idaho Legislature, Roy Eiguren
A wind energy industry lobbyist pushing to extend Idaho’s sales tax rebate for alternative power developers made it clear: If the extension died, Roy Eiguren told lawmakers on April 7, so would hundreds of millions worth of his company’s projects. “Your client would announce tomorrow that they are canceling those projects?” asked Sen. Joe Stegner, [...]
Wind industry setback won’t derail PUC process
POSTED: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 06:17 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: alternative energy, Gene Fadness, Idaho Legislature, PUC, PURPA
Idaho’s wind industry suffered a setback but didn’t die as a result of a tax incentive failing in the state Legislature. Lawmakers killed a bill that would have extended a sales-tax rebate set to expire June 30. “It’s very important to the financials,” said Peter Richardson, an Eagle-based attorney who represents wind developers. “Six percent [...]
Idaho Senate kills much-debated energy rebate
POSTED: Monday, April 11, 2011 at 07:25 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: alternative energy, Idaho Legislature, Tax Rebate
Lobbyists for wind energy companies stood in shocked disbelief April 7 after the Idaho Senate narrowly killed a measure to extend a sales tax rebate for alternative energy. The expected deal had been hashed out between lawmakers, utilities and wind developers in closed-door negotiations that dominated the final month of the 2011 Legislature. The 18-17 [...]
