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Kuna furloughs classified staff, plans for more cutbacks

“Whatever we could save in the current year would help us into the next year,” superintendent Wendy Johnson said.

Highlights from our interview with Debbie Critchfield

Critchfield reiterates her support for local school officials to work with public health officials to decide if reopening this year is right for their community.

Little: ‘I see no anticipation of increasing taxes’

Spending shifts, a rainy day fund and federal dollars will help Idaho weather shortfalls in tax revenue, said Idaho’s governor.

Coronavirus crunch forces furloughs at Boise State

“We hope that furloughing will, in the end, help us protect jobs and keep all of our units intact and up and running,” President Marlene Tromp said in a Monday afternoon email to staff.

State Board stream fails as Ybarra fights transfer of tech personnel and funding

It is not clear if the public was able to follow Monday’s meeting and deliberations.

U of I shifts into coronavirus research project

The university has shifted $100,000 of federal research funding, in hopes of developing a drug to help human cells fend off the novel coronavirus.

Children take to the fields following school closures

Teens are working agricultural jobs by day and catching up on homework in the evenings

IHSAA cancels spring activities

“We look forward to getting together and playing when the time is right and it can be done safely,” the association said in a statement Friday.

Analysis: From the reckoning to a long, slow reopening

The growing coronavirus pandemic forced state leaders to make difficult, swift decisions. Rolling back these restrictions will also be difficult — and it won’t happen quickly.