Former GOP state schools Superintendent Jerry Evans today endorsed Democrat A.J. Balukoff for governor of Idaho, over two-term GOP Gov. Butch Otter. "We simply cannot afford four more years of going in the wrong direction,” Evans said. “It is time to thank Gov. Otter for…
Idaho Education News is reporting that the first-year costs of the teacher career ladder plan endorsed Monday by a state Board of Education subcommittee are being written into Gov. Butch Otter’s proposed state budget for next year. “It’s within our parameters,” Otter said in a…
Idaho’s state Land Board has voted unanimously, 5-0, to assign the state land lease for Tamarack Resort to the new owners, New TRAC, allowing the group to begin preparations for the upcoming ski season; the group acquired the resort in a sheriff’s bankruptcy sale in…
Idaho's state Land Board is holding a special meeting this morning, and the sole item on the agenda is assignment of the lease for Tamarack Resort. The board's currently in a closed executive session, but must reconvene in open session to make any decision. The…
An appeal from the state of Idaho over a court decision that required the state to increase its Medicaid reimbursement rates to private-sector health care providers to keep up with the rising cost of services is among cases the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to…