Gov. Brad Little
Analysis: How Little has approached this unfathomable crisis
It’s inevitable to critique policy in short-term political context. But a 21-day statewide stay-at-home order doesn’t fit that mold. This was something never before seen, something scarcely imagined.
Little issues statewide stay-home order
The order is effective immediately and will be reevaluated in 21 days.
Little vetoes his first bill of 2020
House Bill 325 would have shifted $18 million of sales tax money into transportation projects — and out of the general fund that pays for education and other programs.
Analysis: Another thing we don’t know about Idaho’s young readers
Only 64 percent of kindergartners left school last spring with grade-level reading skills. Boise State University researchers have no hard answers — but no shortage of theories.
Little sticks to familiar themes at City Club forum
With seven of Idaho’s eight college and university presidents in attendance, Gov. Brad Little pledged to work on a longterm funding solution for higher education.
Analysis: Little launches the 2020 session with an austerity initiative
Gov. Brad Little has proposed the tightest budget K-12 has seen in several years, and a flat budget for college and universities that are already cutting spending and freezing tuition.
K-12 task force issues report, as Little prepares for 2020 session
Gov. Brad Little says his K-12 task force’s work will “form the basis of my education budget and policy recommendations for the 2020 legislative session and beyond.”
Little names Boise businessman to State Board
Kurt Liebich had served on Little’s K-12 task force. This marks the second time Little has found a State Board appointee from his task force — bypassing more than three dozen applicants who turned in paperwork months earlier.
The midyear higher education budget cuts: What we know
Several of Idaho’s colleges and universities will trim payroll costs to meet Gov. Brad Little’s request. But some cost-cutting plans are still in the works.
Little’s State Board search: How it all unfolded (so far)
Emails to and from the governor’s office — obtained by Idaho Education News — weave a behind-the-scenes story that began weeks before Gov. Brad Little publicly courted applicants for two State Board vacancies.