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Luna repays lobbying firm for staffers’ luncheons at City Club forum
Luna repays lobbying firm for staffers’ luncheons at City Club forum
Hahn to give multimedia presentation on ‘The Left, the Right, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party’
Hahn to give multimedia presentation on ‘The Left, the Right, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party’
Romney, Obama come out swinging
DENVER – In a showdown at close quarters, an aggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Barack Obama in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. “The status quo is not going to cut it,” declared the Republican challenger. Democrat Obama in turn accused his rival of seeking to “double down” on economic policies that actually led to the devastating national downturn four years ago – and of evasiveness when it came to prescriptions for tax changes, health care, Wall Street regulation and more.
New Idaho schools ad launched
BOISE – The latest statewide TV commercial to air in the battle over Idaho’s controversial school reform laws comes from opponents of the laws and focuses on what may be their toughest sell in the right-to-work state: Proposition 1, which restricts collective bargaining rights for teachers. The ad says the laws “ignore our teachers’ concerns” and “prohibit teachers from negotiating important things like overcrowded classrooms, supplies and student safety.”
Debate claims a bit sketchy
WASHINGTON – As President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney rhetorically sparred in Wednesday night’s televised debate, both candidates exhibited a propensity toward misstatements, falsehoods and exaggerations. From the economy to immigration, health care to military spending, both Romney and Obama sometimes played fast and loose with the facts. Here’s a look at some of what was said:
The Luna-Cronin clash: What was that he said?
The Luna-Cronin clash: What was that he said?
Latest school reform ad from opponents hits union issue
Latest school reform ad from opponents hits union issue
Latest school reform ad hits union issue
The latest statewide TV commercial to air in the battle over Idaho’s controversial school reform laws comes from opponents of the laws, and focuses on what may be their toughest sell in the right-to-work state: Proposition 1, which restricts collective bargaining rights for teachers.
Educational forum set on school reform laws and their impact
Educational forum set on school reform laws and their impact
Rep. Nonini’s primary-season mischief an issue in his Senate bid
Rep. Nonini’s primary-season mischief an issue in his Senate bid
Idaho school reform becomes personal
BOISE – Here’s how fiery the debate over school reform has gotten in Idaho: After a forum at the City Club of Boise on Tuesday, state Rep. Brian Cronin, D-Boise, accused state schools Superintendent Tom Luna of grabbing his arm after his opening remarks and berating him. “He grabbed my arm rather forcefully and got in my face and said, ‘That’s the biggest bullshit I’ve ever heard,’ ” Cronin said. “I looked at the people at the lead table and I think they saw that I was visibly alarmed, shaken, but that’s what he said. He grabbed my arm hard enough such that I spilled my water. … When he tried to touch me again, I told him not to touch me.”
Fiery debate on school reform laws today…
Fiery debate on school reform laws today…
Fiery debate focuses on Idaho school reforms
In a fiery debate Tuesday before a sellout crowd of 450, Idaho state schools chief Tom Luna defended his controversial “Students Come First” school reform laws, while critic Brian Cronin charged they’re not reforms at all, but ways to justify underfunding Idaho schools.
Of barns, carpenters and jackasses…
Of barns, carpenters and jackasses…
Debate wraps up with loud appaluse
Debate wraps up with loud appaluse
Debate: What works, what doesn’t in schools…
Debate: What works, what doesn’t in schools…
Cronin defends dual role as lawmaker, paid consultant
Cronin defends dual role as lawmaker, paid consultant
Technology and its role in schools…
Technology and its role in schools…
Luna: ‘They began to orchestrate against me’
Luna: ‘They began to orchestrate against me’
City Club debate: Timing of reform plan, alternative proposals…
City Club debate: Timing of reform plan, alternative proposals…