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There will also be an opportunity to provide feedback online to the selection committee about each candidate.

The Republican-controlled Legislature is facing increased pressure to pass tax relief this year, with an election in May and taxpayers expected to pay roughly $100 million more next year if the state conforms to the new federal policy.

"Today’s public school budget request reflects the top priority I’ve heard in conversations around the state from our superintendents, our teachers, our trustees, our business leaders, our parents and many, many more."

The jobs creation figures encompass not only jobs in medical offices such as billing and clinical personnel, but also jobs created as a result of providing services and supplies to physicians’ offices

Eventually, the product could feature real-time synchronous play, where two people in different locations could be matched

"Before you walk into a coffee shop, you kind of know what you’re getting yourself into," Price says. "We want this to be completely different. We want this to be, ‘Woah, there’s a lot of stuff going on here.’"

Proponents of the $16.3 million plan to fund additional medical residencies say it will help pull Idaho out of its 49th-in-the-nation ranking for the number of physicians per 100,000 residents.

It’s interesting, though, that few people ask why we do this work.

If the plan is enacted as proposed, Idaho would move up from 49th in the nation to 41st in 10 years.

Micron is Boise’s largest for-profit employer, with about 6,800 employees here.