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• Expert cites tea party in Idaho poll’s divide

    September 21, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s 16-point lead over Democrat Keith Allred masks weaknesses that show the race is far from over. Otter leads Allred 45 percent to 29 percent in a … 1

• Black students trail whites in Wash. school tests

  July 20, 2009 in City Despite years of work to improve black students’ test scores, they continue to trail white students in Washington state’s public schools, a federal report has found.