Reader Contributor Idaho House Republicans recently killed a $6 million bill to fund preschool literacy. Idaho has always been leery of Washington, and, based on our track record, education. One of only six states that doesn’t fund preschool, Idaho has the second lowest spending per pupil and...
Proceeding is a series of clashes among cultures, spouses and generations, as family members struggle to fit in among their neighbors, navigate their own ambitions and misgivings, and come to terms with old and new ways of living. Rogerebert.com, which gave the film three-and-a-half out of...
In a previous life I was a newly married 27-year-old — with no kids — living in a gorgeous brick-and-hardwood apartment on Ninth Street in Boise. The apartment was a little too gorgeous, located a block or two behind the Idaho Capitol, thus my wife and I were broke after a few ...
According to the statute, any stage of development from egg fertilization onward constitutes an “unborn child” under Idaho law. Since the law was originally passed, Idaho has specified that it is permissible to treat ectopic pregnancies and molar pregnancies, which are never viable. However, many...
Democrats were also found to be more concerned about housing — 61% ranking it in the highest category of importance compared to 43% of Republicans. (Rapid growth was disproportionately represented among the concerns of those living in the populous Treasure Valley in southern Idaho.) Those numbers...
Around Independence Day 2019, Zach and his family moved back to Sandpoint after living and working in Boise as editor of theBoise Weekly, then Pullman, Wash., where he earned a master’s degree in history at Washington State University. We were delighted to welcome Zach back to theReader, ...
While Dawn washed and combed and cut my hair, I watched out of the corner of my eye as Laura finished a complex pixie-cut-type style on the woman in the chair beside me. Laura would cut a little, put down her scissors and ask the woman to reach up and feel with her hands. The ...
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“Can you imagine the cost of living here in 20 to 30 years? This is what companies are going to have to do just to survive,” he said, later adding, “It’s going to be unattainable in another decade for some of these companies to do these things because of the cost. … And we...
• The word is out on North Idaho. We have already endured several waves of being “discovered” over the past 20 years. While the colonizers used to be tourists or second-home buyers, and therefore somewhat temporary, now they are becoming more permanent — they are staying year round. ...