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State Board cannot legally approve emergency certificates for administrators

September 15th, 2023|

The State Board of Education was out of line when it previously issued three emergency certificates for administrators and is vulnerable to legal consequences, according to analysis Attorney General Raúl [...]

Reading scores for thousands of Idaho students found to be inaccurate

September 15th, 2023|

BOISE (Idaho Ed News) — The company that calculates Idaho Reading Indicator scores for kindergarten through third-grade students produced inaccurate results, causing a months-long delay in the release date. The [...]

Idaho Medicaid, strained with ‘day-to-day operations,’ requests more staff

September 15th, 2023|

Idaho Medicaid’s program has asked to add 60 employees, which would grow the program that serves about 400,000 Idahoans on Medicaid to 273 employees. The request, in the Idaho Department [...]

The U of I’s Phoenix purchase is a federal case — and a complicated one

September 15th, 2023|

  The University of Idaho-University of Phoenix alliance didn’t suddenly become a federal case this week. It’s been one all along. Three out-of-state U.S. senators wrote U of I President [...]

Judge may rule soon on whether Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law can be enforced

September 15th, 2023|

U.S. Magistrate Judge Debora K. Grasham is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether to grant a request to temporarily bar Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador from enforcing the [...]

Local father, daughter discover box full of hidden treasure and $5,000. Here’s where they found it

September 14th, 2023|

IDAHO FALLS — A local family is $5,000 richer after finding hidden treasure in Pocatello. Last month, Anderson Hicks Group launched the second annual Idaho Treasure Hunt by hiding a [...]

This machine shapes taters for customers across the globe, and it’s manufactured in eastern Idaho

September 14th, 2023|

Do you want to know what’s happening in the eastern Idaho business scene? We’ve got you covered. Here is a rundown of this week’s business news across the valley. BIZ [...]

Judge hears arguments over preliminary injunction in Idaho transgender bathroom law

September 13th, 2023|

Federal Judge David Nye on Wednesday heard arguments for and against a preliminary injunction for Senate Bill 1100, an Idaho law meant to prevent transgender students from using school facilities [...]

Eight women had serious pregnancy complications. Now they’re suing over state abortion bans.

September 13th, 2023|

Women and physicians in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee have sued their home states after they say they were denied abortion care despite being diagnosed with serious, life-threatening medical conditions while [...]

Transparent Idaho offers info on state pay, expenses. Soon local governments will be included, too.

September 12th, 2023|

Since 2012, information about how state government agencies spend money and what state employees earn has been publicly available online at Transparent Idaho. And within a couple of years, all [...]

You must make this much money just to live alone in Idaho in 2023, new report shows

September 12th, 2023|

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – Living alone in Idaho has become more expensive than ever, a new report shows. Personal finance site GoBankingRates recently released a study detailing the amount of [...]

They ‘hoped this day wouldn’t come.’ But iconic chain’s last restaurant in Boise area to close

September 11th, 2023|

MERIDIAN (Idaho Statesman) — Last call for value-priced steak and lobster. A familiar brand in the Boise area for decades, the Sizzler restaurant chain soon will be nothing more than [...]

Collaborative teaching model takes centerstage in Coeur d’Alene

September 11th, 2023|

Cheerleaders greeted participants at Coeur d’Alene’s professional learning communities training last week at Lake City High School. (photo courtesy of Coeur d’Alene public information office) COEUR D’ALENE — The Coeur [...]

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