On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I join Jim Weatherby, Bill Manny, and co-hosts Aaron Kunz and Melissa Davlin to discuss the events of the seventh week of the legislative session, from criminal justice to guns to comments and emails that go viral. Also, Davlin interviews Senate…
One of the Idaho Legislature's most anticipated proposals to boost teacher pay has finally been revealed just little more than a week before lawmakers begin setting the state's public education budget, the AP reports. The Idaho House Education Committee listened to the pitch Friday but…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Democrats' plan to raise the state's minimum wage to $9.25 per hour over the next two years might be over before it begins. Sen. Curt McKenzie, who chairs the GOP-controlled Senate State…
The Idaho Falls Post Register reports today that a gag order has been imposed on an array of state officials as part of the federal Department of Justice investigation into the illegally issued contract for the Idaho Education Network. You can read the full story…
After a mad scramble over the course of the past week, all but one of Idaho’s school districts has now secured broadband service to replace the defunct Idaho Education Network, state Department of Education Technology Director Will Goodman reported to lawmakers today. “We’ve been very...
Among other agency budgets set in the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning: * In the special programs budget for the state Board of Education, lawmakers backed Gov. Butch Otter’s recommendation to add staff at the Small Business Development Center (equivalent of four positions) and the…
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has voted 19-1 in favor of boosting the WWAMI program, through which Idaho students attend medical school partly at the University of Idaho and partly at the University of Washington in Seattle, by five more students next year. It’s the third...
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation seeking to exempt public road materials from the Idaho sales tax is one step closer to making it to the governor's desk. A Senate panel approved HB 95 Thursday, clearing the way…
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