BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) — Idaho’s college “go-on rate” continues its pandemic plunge. In 2021, only 37% of the state’s high school graduates went straight to college, down another 2 percentage points from the previous year. In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic, the go-on rate stood at 46%. This year’s go-on rate is the lowest since at […]
Idaho established a state Housing Trust Fund in 1992, intending to make it a source of matching funds for federal affordable housing programs. But state lawmakers never put any money
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is questioning how much she should be getting paid when she’s acting governor, despite having been paid for the role in the past. In a Friday letter to Alex Adams, head of Gov. Brad Little’s Division of Financial Management, McGeachin asked about the difference in daily […]
Earlier this month, Gov. Brad Little told the Idaho Association of Counties that he finds it heartbreaking that young Idahoans across the state can’t afford housing.
BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — A judge in Ada County’s fourth district court dismissed a lawsuit last week against the governor and the Idaho Department of Labor director that alleged they violated statutory obligations by ending federal pandemic unemployment benefits in June. The complaint, which was filed on Aug. 20 by attorneys with Idaho Legal […]