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Luna questions K-12 endowment payouts
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna says the state’s endowment strategy may be shortchanging current students.
Nampa will (just) talk levy Tuesday
The Nampa School Board will hold a public meeting Tuesday night to discuss a possible supplemental property tax levy. But no public comment will be taken, and no decisions will be made.
One more secretary of state’s candidate
This one is Pocatello Republican Evan Frasure, who served in the Legislature from 1990 to 2002. He says his experience teaching high school government and civics is a selling point.
Levies and bonds: looking at the trends
In the wake of the Great Recession, more than 30 school districts have added supplemental property tax levies to help make ends meet.
Nampa levy: a question of confidence
After a series of unsavory headlines about financial bungling, the state’s third-largest district may have no recourse but to go back to voters seeking a property tax levy.
Power struggle over Common Core tests
The State Department of Education is all-in, supporting a controversial test tailored to the new Common Core standards. But some prominent school district leaders are pushing back.
Otter may not fully fund task force plans
Gov. Butch Otter teased out a few details about his state budget proposal — and the numbers will likely come up short of state superintendent Tom Luna’s K-12 spending plan.
McGrane fires up statewide bid
Deputy Ada County clerk Phil McGrane will serve up some politics, and some barbecue, at a campaign announcement Tuesday afternoon.
Canyon leap faces possible grounding
A bidder is asking the Twin Falls City Council to take a second look at its deal with Texas stuntman “Big Ed” Beckley, who has already forked over $943,000 for Idaho’s public school endowment.
AP: Balukoff a former Republican
In 2008, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate’s name surfaced on a list of 60 Republicans supporting Democratic congressional candidate Walt Minnick.