Gov. Butch Otter

Poll: Otter holds 14-point advantage

Republican Butch Otter had 50 percent support in the telephone survey conducted by the conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports. Democrat A.J. Balukoff trailed with 36 percent.

Fulcher’s Common Core challenge

How the standards, and other K-12 issues, factor into the governor’s race.

Otter signs final K-12 bills

As far as public education is concerned, the 2014 legislative session is history. Gov. Butch Otter signed the final three K-12 bills on his desk Friday.

Lanza yanked from task force work

Mike Lanza, a member of Gov. Butch Otter’s original education reform task force, says he was pulled shortly after joining A.J. Balukoff’s gubernatorial campaign staff.

Otter’s overlooked federal spending order

The withholding of federally administered dollars for high school broadband should be seen as a canary in the coalmine.

Otter signs final K-12 budgets

Topping the list is the teacher pay bill, which provides teachers a 1 percent raise, $15.8 million in leadership “premiums,” and a boost in starting salary.

Lawmakers partially fulfill task force goals

A closer look at what’s been done — and what needs to be done — on the 20 recommendations from Gov. Butch Otter’s education task force.

Otter signs pieces of the K-12 budget

Still sitting on Gov. Butch Otter’s desk: a bill to provide teachers a 1 percent raise and $15.8 million in leadership premiums. Otter has until April 4 to act on the bill.