Layne Bangerter, head of the Trump presidential campaign in Idaho, said between 150 and 200 people attended the Mike Pence fundraiser at the Zions Bank building in downtown Boise this evening. “It surpassed all our expectations,” he said. “He was about 20 minutes delayed, but...
Idaho Fish & Game announced today that its license vendor, Active Network, will mail notices to all Idaho license and tag holders whose personal information might have been compromised by a computer hack to the vendor’s system. People who made their first license purchase before…
Idaho state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra released her budget proposal for the state’s K-12 schools for next year today, and she’s proposing a $105 million, 6.6 percent increase in state funding. “I’m feeling really good about this request,” Ybarra told Idaho EdNews. “The Legislature has...
Gov. Butch Otter has sent out an op-ed article to Idaho newspapers discussing Idaho’s economy and private-sector job growth, as the Labor Day holiday approaches. He lauds gains in job growth in Idaho, but warns, “Not all job growth is created equal.” “Don’t get me...
Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana and vice-presidential nominee on the GOP ticket with Donald Trump, will speak at a private Boise fundraiser this afternoon. Pence’s Democratic counterpart, Tim Kaine, the VP nominee running with Hillary Clinton, did the same Aug. 18 in Sun Valley...
Even as two vendors from the now-defunct Idaho Education Network are suing the state in federal court seeking payment of unpaid bills from the IEN, the state has filed a lawsuit in state court against the vendors, seeking a judgment from the court that the...
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