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• Eye on Boise: Risch knows value of early campaign launch

  April 7, 2013 in Idaho on Page B9 BOISE – It’s more than a year before the primary election, but Idaho Sen. Jim Risch announced last week that he’ll seek re-election in 2014. “When I ran for this … 2

• Former Idaho pol’s poaching conviction upheld

  March 29, 2013 in Idaho Colorful former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell has lost his second appeal over a 2010 elk poaching charge, with the Idaho Court of Appeals ruling unanimously that two lower courts … 8

• Idaho lawmaker equates abortion rights to prostitution

  January 17, 2013 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – A lawmaker from North Idaho drew audible gasps Wednesday morning when he asked representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho if their pro-abortion-rights stance also means … 51

• Eye on Boise: Ed funding ‘probably not’ up to snuff

  December 9, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho is “probably not” meeting the state constitution’s requirements to provide for education, Gov. Butch Otter told a crowd of more than 400 people last week. The implications …

• Idaho House deposes Speaker Denney

  December 6, 2012 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Three-term Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney, arguably the most powerful member of the Idaho Legislature, lost his leadership post Wednesday night to rival Rep. Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, in …

• Idaho House speaker Denney ousted

  December 5, 2012 in Idaho Three-term Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney, arguably the most powerful member of the Idaho Legislature, lost his leadership post tonight to rival Rep. Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, in a dramatic political … 2

• Eye on Boise: Lawmaker wants teacher bonus option

  November 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Coeur d’Alene, says he doesn’t want teachers to lose the $38.8 million in performance-pay bonuses that the state is scheduled to send out to school … 3

• Otter says he, Luna ready to talk about fixing education

  November 8, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – After Idaho voters decisively rejected the Students Come First school reform laws on Tuesday, leaders on both sides were calling Wednesday for a new start on education reform. … 3

• Idaho school reform foes call for new start

  November 7, 2012 in Idaho After Idaho voters decisively rejected the “Students Come First” school reform laws on Tuesday, leaders on both sides were calling Wednesday for a new start on education reforms in Idaho, … 9

• Idaho voters push back on school reform issues

  November 7, 2012 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – Idaho’s dominant Republican establishment appeared headed for a rare rebuke from voters Tuesday, as school reform measures pushed hard by state schools Superintendent Tom Luna and GOP Gov. … 1

• Idaho voters appear to turn down school-reform plan

  November 6, 2012 in Idaho BOISE - Idaho’s dominant Republican establishment appeared headed for a rare rebuke from voters Tuesday, as school-reform measures pushed hard by state schools Superintendent Tom Luna and GOP Gov. Butch … 1

• Eye on Boise: Student laptop ‘buyout’ math doesn’t add up

  November 4, 2012 in Idaho on Page B8 BOISE – It turns out that the “buyout” clause in the state’s $182 million laptop contract is not what the state Department of Education originally described – a cost that …

• School reform propositions in Idaho will be ‘catalyst for turnout’

  November 4, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho voters are riled up and ready to vote, with a contentious school-reform debate reverberating in the state’s airwaves and decisions looming on every seat in the Legislature, … 6

• Otter appears in pro-reform ad

  November 2, 2012 in Idaho on Page A10 BOISE – The latest campaign ad in Idaho’s school reform fight features Gov. Butch Otter endorsing Propositions 1, 2 and 3 in a positive, feel-good message. “Education in Idaho is …

• Otter steps forward in latest school reform ad

  November 1, 2012 in Idaho The latest campaign ad in Idaho’s school reform fight features Gov. Butch Otter endorsing Propositions 1, 2 and 3 in a positive, feel-good message. 10

• NYC mayor big donor in Idaho vote

  November 1, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – A secretive campaign group that claimed to be providing Idaho parents a voice in the state’s school reform referendum fight actually was bankrolled in large part by an … 4

• NY mayor among secret donors to Idaho school campaign

  October 31, 2012 in Idaho A secretive campaign group that claimed to be providing Idaho parents a voice in the state’s school reform referendum fight actually was bankrolled in large part by an Idaho grocery … 7

• Former Idaho official would play key role under laptop contract

    October 31, 2012 in Idaho A former Idaho state official now with Education Networks of America would play a key role under the state’s $182 million, eight-year contract for laptop computers for high school students. 12

• Idaho liable for damaged, lost laptops under contract

  October 31, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho’s newly inked $182 million, eight-year contract with Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptop computers for its high school students contains a surprising feature – the state won’t actually own … 12

• Vestal: Judge a champion of campaign transparency

  October 31, 2012 in City on Page A5 It’s too bad that the time most ripe for optimism and enthusiasm regarding democracy and citizenship – elections – is so persistently darkened by cynicism. It’s too bad, but not … 11

• Idaho’s $182M laptop contract just for rental, not purchase

  October 30, 2012 in Idaho Idaho’s newly inked $182 million, eight-year contract with Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptop computers for its high school students contains a surprising feature: The state won’t actually own the computers, and … 7

• School ads group can’t hide

  October 30, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A secretive group that underwrote more than $200,000 in TV campaign commercials in favor of three Idaho school reform ballot measures must disclose its donors by Wednesday, a … 2

• Judge orders Idaho group to disclose secret donors

  October 29, 2012 in Idaho A secretive group that underwrote more than $200,000 in TV campaign commercials in favor of three Idaho school reform ballot measures must disclose its donors by Wednesday, a 4th District … 10

• Ad charges school reform laws hamper teachers

  October 29, 2012 in Idaho The latest campaign commercial opposing Idaho’s school reform ballot measures draws on a variety of criticisms of the measures to suggest they hamper teachers in doing their jobs. “We want … 3

• Pro-Proposition 1, 2, 3 ad uses Romney anti-teachers union quote

  October 28, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – A new TV commercial in Idaho’s school reform fight makes it appear that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has weighed in on Idaho’s ballot propositions. The commercial uses … 2

• Eye on Boise: Labrador admits who’s boss when Cantor visits

  October 28, 2012 in Idaho on Page B7 BOISE – U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor stopped in Boise last week to raise funds for U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador’s re-election campaign and urge Idahoans to send the freshman …

• Idaho health insurance panel favors state-based exchange

  October 27, 2012 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s health insurance exchange working group has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a state-based health insurance exchange, calling for a private nonprofit group set up …

• Labrador, Farris explain views in debate

  October 27, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador wants to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70, cut a third of the staff at the Pentagon and ban all abortions …

• Labrador: Raise retirement age to 70

  October 26, 2012 in Idaho Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador wants to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70, cut a third of the staff at the Pentagon and ban all abortions other than … 23

• Ad suggests Romney weighs in on Idaho measures

  October 26, 2012 in Idaho A new TV commercial in Idaho’s school reform fight makes it appear that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has weighed in on Idaho’s ballot propositions. 9

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