Here's my full story from spokesman.com: By Betsy Z. Russell Idaho is severely lacking in doctors, and many of its existing ones are nearing retirement age, Dr. Ted Epperly told lawmakers Wednesday as he presented the state’s new 10-year plan to increase graduate medical education...
The former wife of an Idaho Republican state lawmaker who shot and killed himself this week says he was under investigation for molesting two girls, including a young female relative who was abused for more than 10 years, the AP reports. Brandon Hixon, 36, was...
Businessman and longtime Boise school board president A.J. Balukoff launched his second run for governor of Idaho on Wednesday with an announcement in Pocatello, to be followed by stops in Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Ketchum, Boise and Coeur d’Alene this week. “In 2014 when I ran, education was my top issue and Idaho was 50th in funding...
A supermajority of Idahoans wants the state to put money into pre-kindergarten programs, according to new statewide polling data. Seventy-six percent of voters and 80 percent of parents of children 5 and younger support state funding for pre-K, according to the poll unveiled Wednesday by…
Following two special hearings this morning – one on the state’s group health insurance plan for state employees, for which Gov. Butch Otter is proposing a two-month “premium holiday” next year to draw down excess reserves, and the other on the new 10-year plan to...
Idaho is severely lacking in doctors, and many of its existing ones are nearing retirement age, Dr. Ted Epperly told the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning, as he presented the state’s new 10-year plan to increase graduate medical education in the state, which....
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