Kevin Richert
UPDATED: Sluggish sales tax collections cut into K-12 property tax relief, somewhat
Idaho school districts will receive $180 million to offset local, voter-approved property taxes. That’s an increase from last year — but considerably less than the 2025 Legislature earmarked for property tax relief.
Analysis: Following the Phoenix money, $17 million and counting
The University of Idaho has spent $16.8 million on its failed bid to acquire the University of Phoenix. Payments from the for-profit school appear to have covered the U of I’s costs, making the publicly funded university whole, with a small bit of cushion.
Training gaps contribute to Idaho’s chronic doctors’ shortage
Idaho ranks last in the nation in physicians per capita, and state-subsidized medical school seats won’t solve the problem alone. Idaho-based training for medical school students is another part of the puzzle.
Idaho State hires consultant to study — and price out — a possible ICOM purchase
A national consulting firm is looking at “the need for a state-owned medical school in Idaho.” Idaho State is paying $100,000 to get the answer.
UPDATED: Boise State braces for another possible round of budget cuts
Boise State will start planning for budget cuts of up to 6% next year — or nearly $8.1 million. The state has already cut $4 million from this year’s university budget.
Analysis: An attractive job isn’t necessarily an easy job
Boise State University is growing its enrollment, breaking fundraising records and rising in national stature. But fiscal realities and political pressures will take some of the sparkle off of the open president’s job.
‘Our greatest need:’ Boise State announces $150 million campaign for financial aid
An endowment would provide need-based $2,000 scholarships for 3,000 students, Interim President Jeremiah Shinn said Wednesday.
One CWI trustee will run for Garden City mayor; college also adds new trustee
Molly Lenty — who is in the middle of her second term on the volunteer CWI board — on Tuesday announced that she will seek the open Garden City mayor’s post.
Endowment payments to increase for K-12, higher education
Public schools, by far the state’s largest public lands endowment beneficiary, will receive nearly $72.4 million next year. That will be a 6.1% increase.
Opponents seek to block new campus transgender law
“It is humiliating, distracting, and exhausting to try to make it through the day as a college student without having proper access to restrooms,” said the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, Atlas Jones, a transgender student at Boise State University.