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Ysursa goes to court to force disclosure of secret donors
Ysursa goes to court to force disclosure of secret donors
Ysursa: Group welcome to campaign - just needs to disclose donors
Ysursa: Group welcome to campaign - just needs to disclose donors
Idaho sues to force disclosure of secret donations
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa went to court Monday, seeking a court order to make a defiant secret-donations group reveal the source of more than $200,000 spent on statewide campaign commercials backing three controversial school-reform measures.
State to secret-donors group: You must disclose donors, so must IEA, NEA
State to secret-donors group: You must disclose donors, so must IEA, NEA
Defiant secret-donations group to restart its pro-Props 1,2,3 campaign
Defiant secret-donations group to restart its pro-Props 1,2,3 campaign
A look at Labrador’s record as he seeks re-election to 1st CD seat…
A look at Labrador’s record as he seeks re-election to 1st CD seat…
Rep. Barbieri calls on Christians to pull their kids from Idaho’s ‘Godless’ public schools
Rep. Barbieri calls on Christians to pull their kids from Idaho’s ‘Godless’ public schools
Labrador defends seat for first time
BOISE – As Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador seeks re-election for a second term in Congress, he’s made a name for himself in Washington, D.C., as a tea party favorite and hard-line conservative. He’s frequently appeared on national TV and has been prominent in helping GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney court Hispanic votes around the country. Yet his legislative record for his two-year term is light – he’s introduced and passed fewer bills than his first-term predecessors in the 1st Congressional District.
Idaho lawmaker stands by calling public schools ‘Godless’ institutions
Rep. Vito Barbieri is defending a statement posted on his re-election campaign website in which he called on Christians to pull their children out of Idaho’s “Godless” public schools. In a debate on TV Channel 19 between Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, and his Democratic challenger Cheryl Stransky, also from Dalton Gardens, Barbieri was asked about this statement posted on his website regarding public schools: “One more thing: If you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and God, then pull your kids out of that Godless institution.”
Attorney for secretive pro-school reform group maintains it doesn’t have to disclose donors
Attorney for secretive pro-school reform group maintains it doesn’t have to disclose donors
Ad Watch: Latest anti-school reform ad charges measure treats kids like ‘widgets’
Ad Watch: Latest anti-school reform ad charges measure treats kids like ‘widgets’
Latest school reform ad charges kids treated as ‘widgets’
The latest TV campaign commercial from opponents of the education reform propositions on Idaho’s November ballot focuses on Proposition 2, the teacher merit-pay measure, suggesting that Idaho’s state schools superintendent wants to “treat children like widgets.”
Bidding delays laptops for teachers
BOISE – The first round of more than 6,000 laptop computers, one for every high school teacher and administrator, already was supposed to be delivered to Idaho’s schools this month under the controversial Students Come First school reform plan, but holdups in finding a suitable vendor have pushed that time frame way back. “At this point, the goal would be to get those devices into teacher and principal hands by the beginning of the spring semester and then give them professional development throughout that semester and the summer,” said Melissa McGrath, spokeswoman for state schools Superintendent Tom Luna. “That’s still within the law … it’s just a little bit later in the year than we anticipated originally.”
Read the ‘Students Come First’ RFP…
Read the ‘Students Come First’ RFP…
‘Students Come First’ laptop rollout slips behind schedule; no vendor selected yet
‘Students Come First’ laptop rollout slips behind schedule; no vendor selected yet
Idaho laptop rollout slips further behind schedule
The first round of more than 6,000 laptop computers, one for every high school teacher and administrator, was supposed to be out in Idaho’s schools this month under the controversial “Students Come First” school reform plan, but holdups in finding a suitable vendor have pushed that way back.
School reform ad takes quote out of context
BOISE – A new ad promoting Idaho education overhaul recycles a 3-year-old speech from a retired union leader, using a portion of it out of context to bash those trying to repeal the changes on Nov. 6. The advertisement unveiled Monday uses an excerpt from a 2009 speech by former National Education Association top lawyer Bob Chanin.
Obama energized in second debate
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of favoring a “one-point plan” to help the rich in America and playing politics with the deadly terrorist attack in Libya in a Tuesday night debate crackling with energy and emotion just three weeks before the election.
Idaho school reform ad twists old video clip
A new ad promoting an Idaho education overhaul recycles a 3-year-old speech from a retired union leader, using a portion of it out of context to bash those trying to repeal the changes on Nov. 6.
School reform forum draws a crowd
School reform forum draws a crowd