Boise Briefing: Pothole Days; Slowing Prices; Football Wage

Today's Boise Briefing offers two stories to help you out on a personal level. If you are still waiting for that tax refund, check out our first story on how to find out your status. You will be the envy of the neighbors if you are the one responsible for the repair of that "one pothole everyone complains of" and we offer how to make that happen. Property tax relief is not dead now the Legislature is back in town and you are paying more at the gas pump, but that is slowing. To compare your salary with the Bronco head football coach, read on.

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1. Your tax return is completed. You calculated, did the math, signed the return and sent it off. After waiting for weeks and still no refund, propublica.org has what you need to know about checking the status of your return and the reasons it may be delayed.

2. Spring has arrived in Boise and with the warm weather and sunny skies comes Ada County's annual Pothole Days. The Ada County Highway District is asking residents to report the location of your not-so-favorite pothole according to a video by KTVB-TV. Go out and find that pothole that is swallowing your vehicle so ACHD can send someone out.

3. The Idaho Legislature is back in town Tuesday and according to the Idaho Capital Sun, a property tax relief bill is a priority for legislators even after the defeat of a Senate bill on March 18.

4. Boise drivers have felt the pinch on each trip to the gas pump. Now, according to KIVI-TV, the increase in gas prices is slowing down with the recent increase of three cents the smallest since January.

5. A slower rise in gas prices is good news for all of Boise, but may be felt less by two members of the Boise State Athletic group. Bronco head football coach Andy Avalos will earn a base salary of $1.4 million per year and new athletic director Jeramiah Dickey will earn $410,000 per year according to a story by IdahoNews.

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