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WSU Student Allegedly Pummeled For Merely Stumbling Into A Group Of Men

Pullman Police are investigating a disturbing assault on College Hill in which a man was allegedly pummeled by several men for simply stumbling into them. The 21 year old Washington State University student tells officers that he was drunk and walking on California Street early Wednesday morning. He apparently stumbled into a group of college

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Star WSU Football DB arrested for felony assault

A star senior defensive back for the Washington State University football team was arrested early Wednesday morning for felony assault for allegedly breaking a man’s nose. The alleged altercation occurred at the Domino’s Pizza on Pullman’s College Hill around 1:30. Pullman Police say 22 year old Shalom Luani became verbally abusive in the packed pizzeria

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Leaders Investigating Legislators’ Affair

Idaho State Journal published following press release from Idaho Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, and Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley concerning the alleged affair between Sen. Jim Guthrie, R-Inkom, and Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa: “Certain recent allegations about Senator Jim Guthrie and Representative Christy Perry deserve our response. As leaders in the

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Analysis: 10 years later, the 2006 Idaho Tax Shift Has Resulted In An Overall Tax Increase Of $21.7 Million

Paying for government education using sales tax was always a bad idea. I know it sounded good when the economy was booming. But looked what happened to the economy once Obama took office… A new analysis by Idaho Education News shows the 2006 tax shift engineered in a one-day special session by then-Gov. Jim Risch

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California Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal on Challenge to Teacher Job Protection Rules that Harm Students

Via Reason Magazine:  Back in 2012, nine California students with the help of activist group Students Matter sued the state of California and several of its education agencies, claiming that various state statutes defending teachers’ perquisites made education so bad for students that it amounted to a violation of their state-constitution granted right to a public education.

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AP: The Clinton Foundation Was Clearly an Avenue of Access to Hillary

From the Associated Press: Donors who were granted time with Clinton included an internationally known economist who asked for her help as the Bangladesh government pressured him to resign from a nonprofit bank he ran; a Wall Street executive who sought Clinton’s help with a visa problem and Estee Lauder executives who were listed as

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The Twenty-Niners

Any idea who the 29ers are, and why they exist? Here’s the answer:   This is Kelly. She’s a hard-working, independent college student. To pay for school, she works between 35 and 39 hours a week at her local grocery store. But today’s been rough for Kelly. She has just been told that she’s now part

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Idaho’s ‘math initiative’ hasn’t improved kids’ math scores – they’ve actually dropped…

Big surprise: spend more money on education and get lower results. That negative correlation should mean something to educated people.  Idaho has invested millions in improving math instruction in schools since 2008, Idaho EdNews reports, but math scores haven’t improved – they’ve actually gone down. EdNews reporter Clark Corbin analyzed math scores, and found that

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Idaho Math Initiative Failing

Idaho has invested millions in improving math instruction in schools since 2008, Idaho EdNews reports, but math scores haven’t improved – they’ve actually gone down. EdNews reporter Clark Corbin analyzed math scores, and found that they’ve been stagnant or dropping across the board. For example, the percentage of 8th-graders scoring at or above grade-level benchmarks

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Idaho Launches New School Security And Safety Initiative

A new statewide school safety and security initiative has launched, Idaho EdNews reports, pursuant to legislation that passed this year and was sponsored by Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls. The new Idaho Office of School Safety and Security is housed within the Idaho Division of Building Safety. Its manager, Brian Armes, a former Idaho teacher

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Potential criminal case regarding the massive Snake River Fire now in the hands of Garfield County Authorities

Garfield County authorities in Pomeroy have received the criminal investigation regarding the alleged start of the massive Snake River Fire. Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers sent his investigation to the Garfield County Sheriff late last week. The blaze allegedly started August 2nd in Garfield County just across the Snake River from Granite Point in Whitman

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