Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on how a controversial school reform plan that calls for larger classes, fewer teachers and more technology may be pulled back for changes at the urging of a Coeur d'Alene senator, after it narrowly cleared the…
The controversial school reform plan proposed by state schools Supt. Tom Luna could be pulled back to committee for changes, Senate Education Committee Chairman John Goedde said this afternoon. Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene, met with representatives of three stakeholder groups today - the Idaho Education Association,…
Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on how Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, chairman of the House State Affairs Committee, continues to refuse to hold hearings on three bills seeking to amend the "conscience law" he helped sponsor last year to protect patients'…
More than a thousand people are closely packed into Capitol Park across from the state Capitol today for what was billed as a rally in favor of public education, and is decidedly a rally against state schools Supt. Tom Luna's school reform plan. Periodically, the…
The House has voted unanimously to pass HB 119, banning a synthetic drug that has been marketed as "bath salts" or plant food, and HB 139, a measure to ban the drug known as "spice," a synthetic version of marijuana that already had been banned…
Today is the day that both the House and Senate will devote all or a portion of their floor sessions to a memorial service for those former members who have died in the past year. The House will honor 10 former state representatives, including the…
Ten rallies have been scheduled across the state today in support of public education, including one at Capitol Park in Boise at noon. Click below for the full list of the rallies statewide.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has voted 17-3 to authorize the Idaho State Police to spend up to $41,000 on overtime and associated costs for state troopers to accompany Emmert International megaload truck shipments on U.S. Highway 12 from Lewiston to Montana; Emmert is paying the…
Gov. Butch Otter's proposed budget for next year already calls for draining parts of the cash balances at several agencies to help balance the budget, including $8 million from the state liquor division and $500,000 from the Commission for the Blind. This morning, Don Berg,…
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