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Byline: Betsy Z. Russell Nov. 07--BOISE -- After Idaho voters decisively rejected the 'Students Come First' school reform laws on Tuesday, leaders on both sides were calling Wednesday for a [...]

Byline: Betsy Z. Russell Oct. 05--Two decades ago, Coeur d'Alene's delegation to the state Legislature was all-Democrat, like most of the North Idaho Panhandle back then. Now, it's all-Republican, but [...]

Byline: Betsy Z. Russell March 24--BOISE -- The Idaho Senate has voted 20-15 in favor SB 1184, the third bill in state schools Supt. Tom Luna's 'Students Come First' school [...]

Byline: Betsy Z. Russell March 23--BOISE -- An Idaho Senate committee approved state schools Superintendent Tom Luna's final school reform bill on a 6-3 vote Tuesday, after representatives of Idaho [...]

Byline: Betsy Z. Russell Feb. 25--BOISE -- Idaho's state Senate voted on Thursday to pass two controversial school-reform bills, including a far-reaching measure to strip the state's teachers of many [...]

Byline: Betsy Z. Russell Feb. 24--BOISE -- Idaho's state Senate voted 20-15 on Thursday to pass two controversial school-reform bills, including a far-reaching measure to strip the state's teachers of [...]

Byline: Betsy Z. Russell Feb. 18--BOISE -- A controversial plan to raise school class sizes in Idaho while boosting technology and teacher merit pay cleared a Senate committee late Thursday, [...]