Gov. Butch Otter

K-12 task force endorses 21 proposals

A wide-ranging group of stakeholders OKs a wide-ranging menu of ideas.

K-12 task force: what happens next?

Gov. Butch Otter’s education reform task force met Friday — with a strong show of consensus on a variety of issues. Now, the focus turns to the governor.

Task force releases its wish list

Many ideas from the state’s education reform task force figure to be costly and controversial — and some sound familiar. Task force members will meet Friday to sort through the ideas and make recommendations to Gov. Butch Otter.

Otter: Cost a ‘limiting factor’ in K-12 reform

For Gov. Butch Otter’s education reform task force, Friday is decision day. The group will meet Friday to hammer out its recommendations.

Education remains top economic priority

Economic development and education work hand in hand. Students graduating from Idaho schools will become the skilled employees, entrepreneurs and innovators who help our economy grow.

Otter names lobbyist as campaign manager

In another sign that he will seek a third term in 2014, Gov. Butch Otter has named an industry lobbyist to manage his (as yet unannounced) re-election campaign.

The campaign money trail: an early look

Who was Gov. Butch Otter’s biggest campaign benefactor this year? And how much — or how little — has state superintendent Tom Luna collected this year? The latest campaign finance reports yield some interesting answers.

Otter sides with WiFi contract critics

Five days after Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna signed a controversial WiFi contract, Gov. Butch Otter has broken his silence. “It’s not necessarily how I would have done it.”