Idaho students made slight but across-the-board improvements in the second round of the state’s new standardized test, Idaho EdNews reports. The state Department of Education released spring scores on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium exams today, and state superintendent Sherri Ybarra touted the across-the-board gains.…
Sen. Jim Guthrie, R-McCammon, issued a statement today apologizing for “any embarrassment my shortcomings may have caused,” and telling his family “how sorry I am for any grief suffered by them due to my lapse in judgment,” weeks after allegations that he and a female...
Idaho State Lottery officials are asking potential vendors to provide information on how they would offer Keno, simulated racing, fantasy sports and other illegal gambling games when they bid on a lucrative decade-long contract, the AP reports. All those games are illegal in Idaho. The…
Idaho state tax revenues in August came in 2.2 percent ahead of forecasts and 6 percent higher than last August, according to the latest Idaho General Fund Revenue Report. Coming on top of July’s strong revenues, that puts fiscal year-to-date general fund revenues at $530.3…
The Broadway Bridge opens this morning in Boise, after construction that’s caused major traffic disruptions through the center of the city since January; motorists are breathing a sigh of relief, and the opening is just in time for BSU’s home opening football game this Saturday.…
Members of Idaho’s Native American tribes from around the state, along with supporters, are gathered on the state Capitol steps this morning to support the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s challenge to the Dakota Access pipeline; it’s one of several such gatherings in multiple states. At...
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