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State broadband committee lawyers up

A committee of state and school officials and legislators are discussing the Idaho Education Network Friday, behind closed doors.

In this week’s “Making the Grade” segment, we discuss the Idaho Education Network contract — and what may happen next.

Before coming to Idaho, Mary Larson received an “unsatisfactory” job review in North Dakota, the Times-News reported Thursday.

Four months after Mary Larson became Gooding’s new superintendent, employees in the Magic Valley district want her gone.

The demand for substitutes is up this year, and the district is struggling to find people willing to step in.

Delegates at the Idaho School Boards Association’s convention rejected the local-option sales tax proposal Friday.

The laws are remnants of the failed Proposition 1. It will be up to the 2015 Legislature to keep them in place.

The latest on the rising cost of the Idaho Education Network lawsuit — and the possible effects on one rural high school.

In his last speech to school administrators, state superintendent Tom Luna pushes for the controversial teacher licensing overhaul.

A district judge sided with Syringa Networks Monday, voiding Idaho’s $60 million high school broadband contract.