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Former NFL player launches run for Congress in Idaho
A 33-year-old Lewiston native who retired as an NFL football player in 2009 has launched a run for Congress in Idaho, taking on freshman GOP Rep. Raul Labrador in the 1st District.
Idaho redistricting panel wraps up task
BOISE – Idaho’s bipartisan citizen redistricting commission approved new congressional district lines on Monday, wrapping up its task in less than three weeks and proving the commission process can work. “I am amazed that three Democrats and three Republicans can get along this well, and we have,” said GOP Co-chairwoman Dolores Crow, a former longtime state lawmaker from Nampa.
Idaho adopts new congressional districts
Idaho’s bipartisan citizen redistricting commission approved new congressional district lines on Monday, wrapping up its task in less than three weeks and proving the commission process can work.
Parent-teacher group seeks input on school reform
BOISE – The group behind the referendum campaign to challenge Idaho schools Superintendent Tom Luna’s “Students Come First” reform laws is launching a new project aimed at gathering ideas on how to make Idaho schools better. The volunteer group has dubbed its new project the “Great Idaho Schools Project,” and plans to incorporate the input into a report to be issued in January and distributed to school boards, administrators, state leaders and the public.