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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

IDAHO SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT DISMISSES ADDING COUNSELORS

  • Betsy Russell reports: Idaho lawmakers are unhappy that the state’s schools superintendent has resisted moves to add more school counselors. More counselors equals more students

IDAHO GOV. BUTCH OTTER WORKS TOWARD THIRD-STRAIGHT YEAR OF TAX CUTS

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports: Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is spending part of his week in Coeur d’Alene at Idaho’s largest business lobby’s annual convention. Gov. Otter’s

REPORT ENCOURAGES IDAHO LAWMAKERS TO CONSIDER ALL FACTORS WHEN MAKING TAX POLICY CHANGES

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports: Idaho lawmakers have a new tool available to guide them in making tax policy decisions. The Legislature’s Office of Performance

LAWMAKERS BEMOAN IDAHO’S SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS

  • Betsy Russell reports: Idaho lawmakers are unhappy that the state’s schools superintendent has resisted moves to add more school counselors to help boost the

EMMETT SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

  • The Emmett Messenger-Index opines:  “Levy Fails” was the big headline in the Messenger Index May 29 issue. The immediate impact to the Emmett School

IDAHO’S BUSINESS LOBBY TO SET 2014 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, INCLUDING MORE TAX CUTS

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports: Idaho’s largest business lobby is hosting its annual policy meeting in Coeur d’Alene this week. According to theCoeur d’Alene Press, Gov. C.L.

WESTVIEWS: THE OPPORTUNITY DUANE NELLIS SQUANDERED

  • The Lewiston Tribune opines:  Idaho needed candor from Duane Nellis as he departed the University of Idaho presidency on his way to Texas Tech

MAY TAX COLLECTIONS DOWN, IDAHO ON TRACK TO BEAT FISCAL YEAR FORECAST

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports: After a month of larger-than-expectedstate tax collections, the revenue report for May shows collections came in just shy of the forecast.

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