It turns out that state law doesn't require the state Department of Education to wait until after the November election before sending out merit-pay bonuses to teachers under the "Students Come First" school reform laws after all. A bill that passed the 2012 Legislature, SB…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― Booted off their grazing land, Idaho sheep ranchers have now been rebuffed in state Supreme Court after justices ruled against them on Friday. The Idaho Wool Growers Association and several ranchers had brought…
There's more good news for BooBoo the bear, the cub who was rescued after his paws were burned in an Idaho wildfire. The Associated Press reports that at the McCall-area rehab facility where BooBoo was moved Friday, he has the company of another cub and…
The northernmost legislative district in Idaho, District 1, saw some of the hottest election contests in the state in May's primary, with tea party challengers trying to knock off longtime Republican incumbents and lots of outside interests taking sides. But it's a different story in…