Rod Gramer

The Legislature is poised to make one of the most consequential decisions in our state’s 133-year history.

He was a man of many talents, including a master of the English language. He used words as a newspaper columnist sparingly, but with the skill of a surgeon to get to the art of a matter.

The decision facing lawmakers is whether to use taxpayers’ dollars to finance private and religious schools. My answer to that is an emphatic no.

Read Mary Mary Daly’s story and why the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco wants to help Idaho teens get to college.

As an organization that represents more than 250 business leaders across our state, Idaho Business for Education believes that public education is essential for Idaho’s economic prosperity and quality of life.

Out-of-state interests have picked up steam nationally and in Idaho partly because of the turmoil created by the pandemic.

Durable skills used to be called “life skills” or “soft skills” which really downplays how important they are in the workplace.

The question is do policymakers have the vision to see how these investments can transform Idaho and will they grab this historic opportunity?