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TAX REVENUES SURGE IN SEPTEMBER, PUTTING STATE AHEAD FOR FISCAL YEAR

  • Betsy Russell reports:  Idaho’s state tax revenue surged nearly $16 million ahead of forecasts in September, beating the forecasted level by 6.4 percent. The

LUNA BUDGET REQUEST AMBITIOUS

  • The Press-Tribune opines:  When the Great Recession hit in 2007, Idaho lawmakers made significant cuts to state spending on public schools. But legislators promised

LUNA ASKS FOR NEARLY 6 PERCENT FUNDING INCREASE

  • The Standard Journal reports:  Idaho Superintendent of Public Schools Tom Luna is asking for a budget increase of $77 million next year to help

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WANTED: QUALITY EDUCATION REQUIRED

  • Wayne Hammon opines:  A strong construction industry fuels a healthy economy, providing high-paying jobs and promising career options for young people. Well-paid workers spend

LUNA CALLS FOR 5.9 PERCENT BUDGET INCREASE

  • The Press Tribune reports:  Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna today called for a $77 million increase in public school funding in 2014-15 –

LUNA SEEKING INCREASE IN EDUCATION BUDGET

  • East Idaho News reports:  As next year’s election looms, State Superintendent Tom Luna is pushing for more education funding. On Tuesday, Luna unveiled a

LUNA STICKS CLOSE TO EDUCATION TASK FORCE'S PROPOSAL IN NEWEST BUDGET

  • Bill Roberts reports:  State schools chief Tom Luna stuck close to the education reform road map laid out by a statewide task force as

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IMPACTS IDAHO AGENCIES

  • Rocky Barker reports:  Because of the federal government shutdown, all of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Idaho offices will be unable to provide support

COMMON CORE, GUNS ADDRESSED IN EDUCATION MEETING

  • Julie Wootton reports: Budgets, legislative ideas and proposed changes to a rule about gun-free schools were among items addressed yesterday by the Idaho Board

MILLENNIAL MOVEMENT: 20-SOMETHINGS ARE EXITING IDAHO. WHY?

  • Nick Groff reports: Theories range as to why, but numbers show 20-somethings are leaving the Gem State. State driver’s license data shows the trend

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