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Lee leaves Idaho to head Oregon’s community college system
Abby Lee, a 10-year state senator and 25-year Treasure Valley Community College employee, was named executive director of the Oregon Community College Association.
UPDATED: U of I president folds more than $7,000 into GOP legislative primaries
Several of the donations went to lawmakers who have sided with the U of I in its bid to buy the University of Phoenix.
UPDATED: IEA-funded group targets Horman over school choice
Right 2 Learn has received $90,000 from the Idaho Education Association’s political arm. The PAC has spent close to $70,000 in an attempt to oust state Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, the co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee.
School choice PAC: Statehouse opponents are targets
“If you’re a candidate or lawmaker who opposes school choice – you’re a target,” an American Federation for Children director told Idaho Education News. The group has spent close to $228,000, mostly on negative campaigning.
State seeks answers about anti-Moyle PAC
Secretary of State Phil McGrane’s office wants Retire Career Politicians to register as an Idaho political committee by Tuesday. The written request came Thursday — the same day Idaho Education News asked McGrane’s office for information about the group.
IEA plans to keep its May endorsements hush-hush
Meanwhile, the union’s political arm contributed $50,000 to a Republican-led group opposing school choice measures.
State Board gives U of I go-ahead to begin housing expansion
The projects could cost $195 million over three years. The first phase, for planning and design, has a $12 million price tag.
UPDATED: Idaho joins lawsuit over new Title IX rules
The rules, which would extend sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ students, have prompted a growing pushback in Republican-led states.
Campaign finance roundup (4.29.24 edition)
Between now and May 21, we will highlight some of the election’s newsiest fundraising and spending activity.
NIC faces $5.2 million deficit
Much of the projected deficit is tied to NIC’s return to the National Junior College Athletics Association, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported this week.