As the fourth week of the legislative session wrapped up, Senate Assistant Minority Leader Elliot Werk, D-Boise, left, and House Education Chairman Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, joined the panel on Idaho Reports to discuss the latest developments. Here they are at the Idaho Public TV…
House Education Chairman Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, said he's met with Senate Education Chairman John Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene, and state schools Superintendent Tom Luna, and they've agreed to schedule three days of joint education committee hearings on legislation to change various state laws to allow…
Funding to implement the new Coeur d'Alene Lake Management Plan is the only new budget item Gov. Butch Otter is recommending in next year's budget for the state Department of Environmental Quality, which is facing a proposed 16.1 percent cut in its state general funds…
Asked about rumors that the state Department of Parks and Rec plans to close three state parks, state Parks Director Bob Meinen told legislative budget writers this morning that there are no such plans - yet. "A lot of what we do in the near…
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