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Eye On Boise

The week that was…

Superintendent of Public Schools Tom Luna, center, listens to testimony on Friday Jan 21, 2011 before the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise. Luna has proposed sweeping changes to Idaho's schools. (Chris Butler / AP Photo/Idaho Statesman)
Superintendent of Public Schools Tom Luna, center, listens to testimony on Friday Jan 21, 2011 before the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise. Luna has proposed sweeping changes to Idaho's schools. (Chris Butler / AP Photo/Idaho Statesman)

On tonight's “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public TV, I join host Thanh Tan, Jim Weatherby, Kevin Richert and David Adler to discuss the events of the week, including the historic public hearing that JFAC held today on public school funding, drawing a huge outpouring of public input; Thanh also interviews    Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, Rep. Janice McGeachin, and Rep. John Rusche about Medicaid cuts. The show airs tonight at 8 p.m., then re-airs Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Mountain time, 9:30 a.m. Pacific; it also can be seen online at www.idahoptv.org.

Click here to see a slide show of the week in pictures, as the second week of Idaho's 2011 legislative session comes to a close. Let your cursor hover over the bottom part of the frame as the pictures show, to see the captions.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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