Idaho’s ill-fated $61.5 million Schoolnet experiment is all but over, writes Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News. Now, school districts can choose a substitute for the failed statewide system: an instructional management system designed to help teachers tailor their lesson plans around students’ strengths and…
Back on the water! That’s what this weekend brought me, as I joined other windsurfers and kitesailors for a beautiful, if chilly, sun-kissed morning at Lucky Peak early Saturday. In an uncharacteristic distinction, I was the first one out, after enjoying a serene sunrise, at…
On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I join Jim Weatherby, Clark Corbin, and co-hosts Aaron Kunz and Melissa Davlin to discuss the Idaho political developments of the past week, from Gov. Butch Otter calling a special session of the Legislature to the latest developments on preschool, judicial…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Former Idaho Gov. Phil Batt is engaged to be married to Francee Reilly, of Boise, later this summer. The 88-year-old Batt was Idaho's governor for one term from 1995-1999. In September, Batt's first…
Gov. Butch Otter has named Coeur d’Alene attorney Cynthia K.C. Meyer a state 1st District judge, to replace Judge Benjamin Simpson, who is retiring after 15 years on the bench. “I believe Cynthia has the right mix of temperament, decisiveness and personal integrity for the...
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe yesterday afternoon delivered a six-page legal demand letter to Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney, asking him to certify SB 1011, the instant racing repeal bill, as the law of the state. Gov. Butch Otter vetoed the bill, but waited three...
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