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Idaho’s largest community college does not compete in sports. However, the school began advertising last month for an athletic director, BoiseDev reported last week.

As international students reconsider attending colleges in the United States, other English-speaking nations “are delighted to welcome” them, said David Douglass, president of The College of Idaho.

A TikTok influencer falsely connected the history professor Rebecca Scofield with the November 2022 slayings of four University of Idaho students.

It’s a familiar scenario: Republican legislators in a cash-rich Western state are looking to slash higher education funding. In this case, though, Idaho is not the battleground.

The bill provides funding through 2025-26, and two years of retroactive payments. Idaho schools last received $6.9 million from the program — but that was in April 2024.

A recent Idaho Department of Education report to the Legislature outlined the program’s growth last school year.

The Boise School District went public, and went on the offensive, releasing all of its answers to media questions about a $7 million series of sexual abuse settlements.

The Jan. 13 hearing — and the court’s ruling, likely to come later in 2026 — will resonate well beyond Idaho, and mark a pivotal moment in the national debate over transgender athletics.