A new television commercial touting Idaho's controversial school reform laws makes claims that are accurate, but still mislead voters about the impact of the reform laws. That's because they focus on obscure points in two of the three laws, without getting into the overall thrust…
Idaho teachers are leaving the profession in bigger numbers, the Associated Press reports, with more than 1,800 making their exit last year. More than 957 of the 1,884 teachers who left the profession during the 2011-2012 school year cited "personal reasons;" the departures increased significantly…
Former UI football player Abdullah al-Kidd is entitled to a jury trial on his claim that the federal government misused a material witness law to arrest and imprison him for weeks in 2003 as a potential witness in a terrorism trial, a federal judge has…
Idaho's new $10 annual "Passport" to all 30 of its state parks and recreation areas will go on sale Monday, three months earlier than planned. The new Passport replaces the current $40 annual pass, and will be available at all Idaho county Department of Motor…
The latest campaign commercial in the fight over whether to repeal Idaho's controversial school reform laws is running statewide, including in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market. John Foster, a lobbyist and political consultant who's behind the new "Parents for Education Reform" PAC that's running the ad,…
Gov. Butch Otter, asked about the new PAC that's running a TV commercial in favor of the "Students Come First" school reform laws, said, "That's the one that John Foster is running." Otter said, "There were other groups that came to us. ... It was…
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