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TRIB: RISCH LEFT A MESS BEHIND

  • Huckleberries Online reports:  Before he got elected to the U.S. Senate, Jim Risch served a few months as Idaho governor. Lieutenant governor at the

OUR VIEW: IDAHO DOESN'T DESERVE AN ‘A’ FOR EFFORT ON EDUCATION

  • Idaho Statesman Editorial:  We like to tell ourselves that we value education and put our kids first. Sounds nice. But what if we’re just

IDAHO’S EDUCATION FUNDING GLOSSARY

  • Emilie Ritter-Saunders reports the non-partisan Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy released a report questioning the constitutionality of Idaho’s school funding plan late last week. Education

ECONOMIST MIKE FERGUSON QUESTIONS WHETHER IDAHO IS ADEQUATELY FUNDING EDUCATION

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports The Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy released a report last week questioning the constitutionality of Idaho’s education funding system.  Director

REPORT PROMPTS QUESTIONS ABOUT STATE SCHOOLS FUNDING

  • Julie Wootton reports school districts across Idaho are looking to taxpayers for help keeping schools up and running. This year, 81 school districts have

OUR VIEW: 'SUPPLEMENTAL' JUST ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE

  • Times-News Editorial:  Six years ago, in an attempt to provide tax relief for homeowners, the Idaho Legislature shifted public education spending off of property

REPORT: IDAHO SCHOOL FUNDING VEERING FROM CONSTITUTION

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho’s former longtime chief state economist, Mike Ferguson, released a 20-page report today on public school funding that reaches a series

STUDY QUESTIONS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF IDAHO’S EDUCATION FUNDING PLAN

  • Emilie Ritter-Saunders reports a report released today by the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy questions whether the state is meeting its constitutional duty to

HISTORY SHOWS TAX CUTS WON’T HELP IDAHO ECONOMY

  • Michael Ferguson reports that, to hear supporters tell it, tax cuts are the answer to all that ails Idaho and will launch a golden

SMART BOMBS: TAX CUTS UNDER THE SHELL

  • Gary Crooks reports that, on Friday, Spokesman-Review columnist Shawn Vestal explored Olympia’s budgetary shell games, finding that both parties use gimmicks to avoid some

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