Idaho lawmakers OK education budget, send a message about teaching social justice Hayat Norimine, The Idaho Statesman
May 4 Idaho lawmakers found a solution to getting education budgets over the finish line: Cut $2.1 million from university budgets.
A new measure, House Bill 387, was negotiated among Republican lawmakers as they tried to quell fears from a faction of legislators over universities teaching about critical race theory and providing other social justice programs. The cut, along with a bill against critical race theory, helped garner enough votes in the House to approve education budgets.
Senators in a 25-8 vote on Tuesday supported the bill, which previously passed the House and will now need Gov. Brad Little s signature. The legislation would provide nearly $629.9 million for colleges and universities for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. It would cut $500,000 each from the University of Idaho and Idaho State University and $1.5 million f
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Boise Metro Chamber names new board officers By: IBR Staff March 4, 2021 Comments Off on Boise Metro Chamber names new board officers
Charlene Maher
Tom Mortell
Thomas Mortell, partner at Hawley Troxell, is the new 2021 chairman of the board of directors for the Boise Metro Chamber. Mortell replaces Charlene Maher
, president and CEO of Blue Cross of Idaho, who will stay on as immediate past chair. The Chamber also announced the selection of Joel Poppen, senior vice president of legal affairs and general counsel at Micron Technology as the chair-elect of the Board. Poppen will take over as chair in 2022.
Mortell is the head of Hawley Troxell’s health law group and has experience in construction-related litigation. He also is the head of the firm’s board of partners and has spent the last 20 years representing Idaho’s businesses. He also sits on the board of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership, is the past chair of the Governmental Affairs committee, a curr
A note from the editor By: Sharon Fisher February 19, 2021 Comments Off on A note from the editor
Idaho has been fortunate, compared with many states, about the health of its rural hospitals. As we’ve been covering all along, Idaho hospitals have stayed open while those in other states have closed.
But it isn’t clear how much longer we can count on that.
Idaho, as one of the most rural states in the U.S., depends on its rural hospitals even when there isn’t a global pandemic. Obviously, when there is, it’s even more of an issue.