Analysis: The Legislature that came to roost Where’s a good virus analogy when you need one? Certainly after 119 days of sometimes feverish activity, Idaho’s 2021 legislative session feels like a lingering illness, a bad rash that just won’t go away.
Spring sports set to begin tournament play Almost 10 months ago, not many people thought we'd be at this juncture. But, here we are. Idaho's high school sports season is sprinting toward the finish line the next two weeks as the spring athletic campaign is coming to the end, with district events taking place this week and state tournaments at the end of next week.
His View: Who are the adults in the room? It’s never a complete Idaho State Legislature session without some battling over defunding of education in general, and K-12 education in particular. This time, the fight was over the ostensible teaching of critical race theory, and its dissemination in the curriculum.
The Argonaut turns a page The University of Idaho’s independent student newspaper, the Argonaut, turned a new page this week, hosting the final production night for its weekly print product before shifting to a primarily online format.
SEL founder comes out against dam breaching The founder of the region’s largest private employer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, opposes a proposal by Congressman Mike Simpson to help threatened and endangered salmon by breaching the four lower Snake River dams.
