Idaho state Rep. Mat Erpelding, D-Boise, hasn’t given up his plan to travel the length of Idaho this fall by muscle power to promote trails, experience rural areas and raise funds for the Redside Foundation, reports S-R outdoors writer Rich Landers, but Erpelding says a…
Both of Idaho’s senators, Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, have scheduled “tele-town hall” meetings in the coming week; Risch’s will be on Monday, and Crapo’s on Wednesday, both starting at 7 p.m. MT, 6 p.m. Pacific time. Any Idahoan who wants to can participate, but…
During its all-day meeting today, the Legislature's K-12 Educational System Interim Committee invited representatives of three key stakeholder groups - the state’s school boards association, school administrators association and teachers union - to share what they see as the most pressing challenges and needs. All…
Riding against opponents who on average are 14 years his junior, 41-year-old American Olympic cyclist Chris Horner could become the oldest-ever winner of one of his sport's biggest races, the Tour of Spain, AP reporter John Miller reports. Horner, known to fans in his Bend,…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: LAPWAI, Idaho (AP) — Twenty-eight members of the Nez Perce tribe, including eight members of the tribe's executive committee, are charged with public nuisance infractions for protests last month seeking to stop a "megaload" from traveling through…
Richard Westerberg, who headed the governor's 31-member education stakeholders task force, outlined the group's 20 recommendations to lawmakers this morning, and noted that a public comment period is now open - people can submit their comments on the recommendations until Sept. 27 for consideration. Comments…
Idaho state schools Superintendent Tom Luna told the Legislature’s K-12 interim committee this morning that there’s a “stark reality” about education in Idaho: The state has a “very high graduation rate, one of the highest in the country,” but one of the lowest percentages of…
The Idaho Legislature’s interim committees, which are panels of both senators and representatives that meet in the interim between legislative sessions, are finally getting rolling this week, with three committees meeting, including the most high-profile, the K-12 Educational System Interim Committee, which convened its first…
House Education Chairman Reed DeMordaunt, R-Eagle, told the K-12 Educational System Interim Committee, “As I think about this committee, I think of kind of three purposes. First is retrospective, the opportunity for us to look back at some of the things we have done, recently…
“We’ve got a huge task ahead of us,” Senate Education Chairman John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, declared as he convened the first meeting of the Legislature’s K-12 Educational System Interim Committee this morning in the Lincoln Auditorium; you can listen live here. Goedde added, “Some of…