The first shoe dropped yesterday, when the state Board of Education, after nine hours of agonizing, set big tuition hikes for Idaho state college and university students for next year in the wake of deep state budget cuts, approved in the recently concluded legislative session.…
Gov. Butch Otter has quietly signed dozens of bills into law without comment, including SB 1418, the public school budget for next year that contains historic cuts. Others include HB 687, imposing an emergency surcharge on every conviction for the next three years to keep…
