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Two candidates vie for Boise board’s lone contested seat
Former trustee Andy Hawes and retired lawyer Kirt Naylor will face off in September. Two current trustees are also running unopposed.
Meet Leeann Curry: Teacher, business strategist and barista
She doesn’t use textbooks and barely gives tests. Instead, her students participate in real-world activities, such as simulating a coffee shop and creating a resort for a target market.
Pop quiz: Test your civics knowledge before America’s 250th birthday
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‘I can’t wait to get going:’ Hahn hired as Boise State president
David Hahn begins effective immediately, earning $480,000 a year — the highest presidential salary in Idaho, and a slight increase for the Boise State job.
Coalition files grievances against Lake Pend Oreille over moving alternative students
The complaints allege federal civil rights, programmatic and funding violations.
Supreme Court upholds Idaho’s transgender athletics ban
Tuesday’s long-awaited ruling removes the last legal obstacle to enforcing Idaho’s “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” — which has been mired in the courts for more than six years.
Idaho School Boards Association plows through transition with new lobbyist
It’s an unprecedented time in the history of the 84-year-old organization, which represents nearly every school board in Idaho.
U of I announces three AI degree programs
Idaho’s three four-year universities will all offer artificial intelligence degrees in 2026-27.
Special education faces two big changes. But the constant budget crunch isn’t going anywhere.
The state’s new “high-needs” program starts up this year. A major federal overhaul is in the works. Neither will erase a special education funding shortfall.
State GOP platform would eliminate property taxes — and leave schools with a multimillion-dollar funding gap
Senate Republican candidate Scott Herndon led the charge last weekend at the Idaho Republican State Convention to add a plank calling for “revenue sources that do not place a lien on a citizen’s home.”