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Nampa voters approve school levy; Middleton measure fails

Published: March 12, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. PDTUpdated: March 13, 2013 at 12:24 a.m. PDT
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Nampa School District voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $4.3 million one-year levy to help fill a revenue shortfall caused by a series of budgeting and accounting errors during the past two years. The levy passed with 74 percent approval in a 4,807 to 1,732 vote.

In Middleton School District, a 10-year, $250,000 plant-and-facilities levy to replace one that expires in a year received 60 percent approval but needed two-thirds to pass.

Voter turnout was about 18 percent, according to Canyon County Elections.

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