Kevin Richert's analysis
CWI looks to enter the athletics fray. The budget looms as its biggest test
The College of Western Idaho wants to use an unusual endownment-based approach to field sports teams. Will the math math? And will it win over skeptics?
Career Technical Education
NIC promises jobs and other perks to qualifying graduates
Movers and shakers
This teenage Democrat is building a political future in deep-red Idaho.
School leadership
West Ada hires Rep. Galaviz as a multilingual learner consultant
School Board Business
Charter board rewards director with a $150,000 loan he likely doesn’t have to pay back
Administrative news
West Ada superintendent announces cancer diagnosis
Everyone is Welcome Here
Three complaints filed over classroom displays during the first year of Idaho’s new banner law
K-12 facilities
Pocatello-Chubbuck shares progress on rebuild projects
School board business
Caldwell trustees acknowledge and cure open meeting violation
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The Kevin Richert Podcast
Episode 104: A pre-session preview for 2026
Shakeups at the Statehouse.
A shortage of money.
And an election year.
It’s shaping up to be a turbulent 2026 legislative session. Which means it could be a long session as well.
To set the stage for the Jan. 12 kickoff of the session — and beyond — Kevin Richert and Ryan Suppe sit down with Idaho School Boards Association deputy director Quinn Perry and Idaho Education Association assistant executive director Matt Compton.