Idaho's State Board of Education will decide tomorrow whether to temporarily waive its rule that caps tuition and fee increases for state colleges and universities at 10 percent a year. It's not that any school has proposed a larger increase; the board is being proactive…
Jan Vassar is the first woman to serve on the Idaho Transportation Board since it was established in 1974, and also since its predecessor board, the Board of Highway Directors, was established in 1951, a distinction she called "pretty amazing." No women have previously served…
Jon Hanian, Gov. Butch Otter's press secretary, says Otter didn't have the option of appointing Jan Vassar to a full six-year term on the Idaho Transportation Board now. "The way it works is we have a vacancy, we have to fill that vacancy," Hanian said.…
Jan Vassar, newly appointed member of the Idaho Transportation Board, said she was interviewed by Lt. Gov. Brad Little and members of Gov. Butch Otter's staff, but hasn't yet gotten a chance to speak with the governor himself. "So I can understand why he might…
Gov. Butch Otter has appointed Jan Vassar, former longtime city manager of Lewiston, to the Idaho Transportation Board, the first woman ever to serve on the board. However, Otter appointed Vassar only to fill out the remaining term of the late Bruce Sweeney, the Lewiston…
Last spring, Idaho issued a call in Seattle for nominations for a "stressed-out" family member who could use an Idaho vacation. Julie Lumpkin nominated her hard-working husband, Toby, and the couple and their two young children beat out more than 50 other contestants to win…
With one of the lowest budgets for promoting tourism among states – but with a $3 billion tourist industry seen as key to the state’s ailing economy – Idaho is turning to high-tech tools and tricks to help market the state. The state’s Division of…
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