Episode 106: We Can’t Win Them All — Supt. Ybarra’s Rough Week at the Legislature

Clark Corbin | 03/09/2018

Welcome to episode 106 of the Extra Credit podcast.

Over the course of just 20 hours this week, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra saw two of her big legislative initiatives fail. We’ll explain what happened, and catch up on all the week’s top stories out of the Idaho Statehouse and beyond.

Be sure to check back next week for another new episode of Extra Credit.

Clark Corbin

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