Boise State University has named Peter Morrill, the former longtime general manager of Idaho Public Television, as the interim general manager for Boise State Public Radio. “Peter has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to public media and to the state Idaho, and his experience and expertise…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who has endorsed Marco Rubio for president, suggested on CNN today that rival GOP candidate Ted Cruz revealed classified information during last night’s Republican presidential debate. Cruz was talking about telephone surveillance programs aimed at detecting terrorism. After he said the…
The State Department of Education will pull the plug on the Schoolnet instructional management system on June 30, the department’s chief technology officer told lawmakers Wednesday. Idaho EdNews reports that the department has been looking for a path away from the Schoolnet mess since March,…
The IRS has set a new date to auction off the home of former Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, to offset his federal income tax debts: Jan. 28 at 11 a.m. The auction will take place at 501 Government Way in Coeur d’Alene, with...
Wayne Hoffman, head of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, issued his own version of a state budget for the coming year today, calling for limiting state spending to a 2.6 percent increase and cutting taxes by $100 million to $200 million. “The budget we’re putting out...
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: TAMARACK, Idaho (AP) — A Nampa man spent the night inside a snow cave after he skied out of bounds of Tamarack Resort and became lost. KIVI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1MgR0uP ) that the Valley County Sheriff's Office received…
After hearing a report from Chris Campbell, technology director for the state Department of Education, on changes to Idaho’s K-12 longitudinal data system, known as ISEE, lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee today had high praise. “No questions, just thank you, thank you, thank…
Lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee heard an update today on their 2014 report on strengthening state contract management, which had called for significant changes. Staffer Amanda Bartlett reported that after proposed rule changes were defeated in the last legislative session, a legislative interim…
Idaho has made some small gains in the past three years on the percentage of state employees who are paid less than policy rates for their positions, according to a follow-up report from the Legislature’s office of Performance Evaluations, but the state still has a...
Idaho’s seven public health districts get 17 percent of their funding from the state general fund, according to a legislative performance audit released by the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee today. That’s equal to the share they get from local county contributions. Other funding includes 45...
Two joint legislative committees are meeting at the Capitol this morning, the Public Defense Reform Interim Committee, which is meeting at 9:30 in Room WW55; and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, which is meeting at 9:30 in the Lincoln Auditorium. You can listen live here....
The board of the troubled West Ada School District voted unanimously last night to hire Mary Ann Ranells, former Lakeland School District superintendent and former deputy state superintendent, as the district’s next superintendent. Rannells will start the first week of January; she replaces former longtime…
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