The week that was…

On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, Jim Weatherby, BSU political scientist emeritus, brings up an interesting point: That the recall effort launched against state schools Supt. Tom Luna is extremely unlikely to succeed, given the requirements, but opponents of Luna’s education bills could instead force a referendum vote, which would require only a simple majority. Idaho’s had just four referenda since statehood, and most upheld the legislation, but one of those votes, in 1936, overturned it.

I join Weatherby, Kevin Richert and host Greg Hahn on the program tonight to discuss the events of the week, and Greg interviews three freshman lawmakers: Sens. Mitch Toryanski, R-Boise, and Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, and Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa. The show airs tonight at 8 p.m.; it also can be seen online at www.idahoptv.org . There’s also a “Web Extra” of our continued discussion after the show; you can see that at www.idahoptv.org/idreports/ .

Click here to see a slide show of the week in pictures, as the ninth 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.