With two similar anti-abortion proposals in the works in Idaho - one from freshman Sen. Dan Foreman that would classify abortion as first-degree murder, and a petition circulating for a ballot measure that would do the same – Idaho Public Television reporter Melissa Davlin reports…
An Idaho man charged with a federal hate crime in the beating death of a gay man has pleaded not guilty in Boise's U.S. District Court on Tuesday. A March trial was set for 23-year-old Kelly Schneider, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in state court Monday. He was indicted earlier this month on the hate crime charge...
On three floors of the Capitol rotunda today, the Idaho STEM Action Center is sponsoring exhibits relating to science, technology, engineering or math, many with avid kids making use of the the tech stuff. Thirty-one organizations ranging from libraries and after-school programs to universities and…
There were plenty of fight-related terms being thrown around as Linda McMahon, new President Trump’s nominee to head the Small Business Administration, and co-founder and former CEO of WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., had her confirmation hearing today in the Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship…
Legislative budget-writers this morning had a few pointed questions about the state Board of Education’s spending plan, including a $2.5 million training line item stemming from Idaho’s teacher evaluations controversy, reports Idaho EdNews. The $2.5 million would train school administrators in completing teacher evaluations. And…
When the annual IRS conformity bill came up for a vote today in the House Revenue & Taxation Committee, there were two “no” votes, from Reps. Ron Nate, R-Rexburg, and Stephen Hartgen, R-Twin Falls. Both said they objected to a clause in the bill that…
The drop in Middle Eastern students at Idaho State University in the past few years left ISU with a $12 million shortfall, President Arthur Vailas told legislative budget writers this morning. “We are one of the many schools in the United States that had a…
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