Here’s how much the race for Idaho GOP chair is heating up as next weekend’s Idaho Republican Party convention in Moscow approaches: Today one of the candidates, Doug Sayer of Blackfoot, sent out a press release touting his candidacy and reporting endorsements from House Majority…
School districts across Idaho are weighing whether they want to continue with or sign on to a statewide contract for WiFi at every high school in the state, or set up their own WiFi networks with state funding that lawmakers approved this year. “We were…
Idaho still has no answer on more than $14 million in missing federal e-rate funding for the broadband network that links all the state’s high schools, but officials say they’re at least in contact with federal officials now. State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna told…
Construction is underway at the future Idaho Law & Justice Learning Center, formerly the Capitol Annex, and formerly the old Ada County Courthouse across the street from the state Capitol. Through a collaboration between the Legislature, the state judiciary, and the University of Idaho, the…
The Legislature’s joint budget committee is starting a three-day interim meeting in Boise today that will include tours and presentations along with discussion of state revenues and where the state budget stands. Comparing the budget that the Legislature set for fiscal year 2009 to the…
U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, the AP reports; the news surfaced Sunday, based on statements the soldier made to those treating him at an American military hospital in…
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