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Eye On Boise

The week that was…

From left, Jim Weatherby, Betsy Russell, Dan Popkey, Marc Johnson, and host Thanh Tan on the set of
From left, Jim Weatherby, Betsy Russell, Dan Popkey, Marc Johnson, and host Thanh Tan on the set of "Idaho Reports," the first episode of which airs Friday night and focuses on Gov. Butch Otter's State of the State message and budget proposal, and state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna's education reform plan. (Kevin Televs)

On tonight's "Idaho Reports" on Idaho Public TV, I join host Thanh Tan, Marc Johnson, Dan Popkey and Jim Weatherby to discuss the events of the week, including Gov. Butch Otter's State of the State message and state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna's education reform plan; Thanh also interviews JFAC co-chairs Dean Cameron and Maxine Bell. The show airs tonight at 8 p.m., then re-airs Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Mountain time, 9:30 a.m. Pacific. There's also a "Web Extra" of our continued discussion after the show, which focused on Luna's education reform plan; you can see that at www.idahoptv.org.

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to see a slide show of the week in pictures, as the first week of Idaho's 2011 legislative session comes to a close. Let your cursor hover over the bottom part of the frame as the pictures show, to see the captions.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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