Jessica “Jess” Harrison has been named executive director of the Association of Idaho Cities, to succeed Seth Grigg; he’s leaving to head the Idaho Association of Counties, where he’s succeeding the retiring longtime director there, Dan Chadwick. Harrison currently is director of government affairs and…
Idaho’s teacher shortage is widespread, and it’s unlikely to go away any time soon, Idaho Education News reports. Some school districts have left jobs vacant this fall, for lack of qualified applicants. Others are plugging vacancies with uncertified teachers; in eastern Idaho, about a fifth…
Idahoans with disabilities and their advocates warned today that a GOP budget plan adopted by Congress this morning could force millions in cuts to Idaho’s existing Medicaid program, with dire implications for disabled Idahoans who lose services. “Medicaid has existed since 1968,” said Debra Parsons,…
Boise State University announced today that it won’t be part of a proposed downtown stadium project, and instead will construct a collegiate baseball stadium on or near campus. BSU President Bob Kustra said while the university has been interested in the shared-stadium idea since 2015,...
When the news came out earlier this week that cities in all but seven states had submitted bids for Amazon’s “HQ2” second headquarters location – and Idaho wasn’t listed among the seven – it was a puzzler. After all, no place in Idaho meets Amazon’s...
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