The numbers haven’t changed on Idaho’s unmet transportation needs, the House and Senate transportation committees hearing at a joint meeting this afternoon, with presentations from Idaho Transportation Director Brian Ness and ITD Board Chairman Jerry Whitehead. Ness said the state is $543 million a year…
Idaho Education News reporter Kevin Richert crunched the numbers from a recent state service audit of the Idaho Education Network, and found that of the 6,056 high school students who took classes specifically delivered over the IEN, more than half were in just five of…
Former Idaho Govs. Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt were in the House gallery today, and were recognized and honored. Now, they’re doing a book-signing for representatives, of two books by Batt and another about Andrus, in the lounge behind the House chamber; the books were...
Idaho lawmakers expressed deep concerns this morning about slot machine-like “instant racing” betting machines that have been installed in the Treasure Valley, in Post Falls and in Idaho Falls under legislation passed two years ago authorizing betting on “historical” horse races. “This committee was flatly...
Idaho’s catastrophic health care cost program has received a “tune-up” over the past five years to try to cut costs and make it more efficient, but there’s little more than can be done, Roger Christensen, chairman of the CAT Fund board, told JFAC this morning.…
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