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Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 17-20
Here’s state superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s weekly schedule, as posted on her website.
Video: This week’s ‘Idaho Reports’
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Audio: ‘Idaho Matters’ Reporter Roundtable
If you missed this week’s Reporter Roundtable on Boise State Public Radio’s “Idaho Matters,” you can catch it here.
Boise State will purchase off-campus office complex
In time, Boise State will use the 90,000-square-foot building to house administrative offices, freeing up campus space for academic functions. Bonds and lease proceeds will cover the $22.5 million purchase price.
Trump proposes 8.4 percent education budget cut
The budget also proposes $5 billion in federal tax credits to support school choice, and a big increase in grants for career-technical education.
Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 10-13
Here’s state superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s weekly schedule, as posted on her website.
Video: ‘Idaho Reports,’ 2.7.20
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Idaho Press: Huntley makes another push to repeal sales tax exemptions
The plan: eliminate most of Idaho’s sales tax exemptions, reduce the overall sales tax rate to 4 percent and generate an additional $769 million, Betsy Russell of the Idaho Press reported Thursday.
The bottom line: The tax shift would yield an additional $769 million
Paulette Jordan will run for U.S. Senate
The Plummer Democrat and 2018 gubernatorial nominee joins three other Democrats seeking to take on 12-year Sen. Jim Risch.
Community survey rips Blaine County superintendent, trustees
A whopping 71 percent of respondents voiced dissatisfaction with Superintendent GwenCarol Holmes, and 67 percent of respondents say they are dissatisfied with trustees.