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Analysis: Money makes a big mark in (some) school board elections
…Riggins, and Kent Marmon, a former Caldwell school trustee who plans to oppose House Education Committee Chairwoman Julie Yamamoto in the May GOP primary. Nicole Trakel Nicole Hyland is also…
Never too early? Dueling endorsements in 2024 legislative races
…list includes Senate Education Chair Dave Lent of Idaho Falls; House Education Chair Julie Yamamoto of Caldwell; vice chair Lori McCann of Lewiston; and House Education members Mark Sauter of…
Analysis: A personal and existential fight divides the GOP
…the consequences in May. And come 2024, that’s the election-year dilemma awaiting several mainstream members of the Legislature’s education committees: House chairwoman Julie Yamamoto of Caldwell, House vice chair Lori…
Bad news keeps coming for the extremist branch of the Republican Party
…by party functionaries for not strictly adhering to the narrow, extremist agenda imposed by the so-called Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF). GOP Representatives, including Lori McCann, Mark Sauter, Julie Yamamoto and…
Who’s on Critchfield’s school funding committee?
…Department of Education Sen. Janie Ward-Engelking, D-Boise Greg Wilson, chief of staff, State Department of Education Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise Rep. Julie Yamamoto, R-Caldwell Blake Youde, Idaho Charter School Network…
A new law requires transparent levy elections — but the results are mixed
…Julie Yamamoto did not criticize districts like Fremont. The fact that Fremont voters passed November’s levy speaks to a trust level between the district and its patrons, said Yamamoto, R-Caldwell….
Districts lean on short-term levies to pay for long-term investments — people
…special session money for teacher salaries and $97.4 million for classified salaries. Rep, Julie Yamamoto, R-Caldwell When the co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee looks at this record, she…
Lawmakers rewrote the school election calendar. What happens next?
…every Republican in the Legislature, House Education Chairwoman Julie Yamamoto voted for HB 292, overriding Little’s veto. Yamamoto, R-Caldwell, hopes the law represents a down payment that reduces school property…
No-confidence vote targets Little, House GOP members over library bill
…of Menan; Mark Sauter of Sandpoint; Kenny Wroten of Nampa; and Julie Yamamoto of Caldwell. Republicans also voted to extend the no-confidence vote to Little. The resolution can be found…
Privatization: The misinformation campaign by voucher supporters
…next election. That’s what is happening in our state right now. Billboards have surfaced like weeds in Canyon County attacking Rep. Julie Yamamoto, chair of the House Education Committee, and…