Idaho House Education committee again blocks more education choice
If additional education choice is going to come to the Gem State, it won't be originating in the Idaho House Education Committee. Today,...
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Chris Cargill
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Try, try again on expanding education choice in Idaho
Education choice is on the agenda again as the Idaho legislature comes down the home stretch. This week, two bills will be heard in...
Chris Cargill
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Property tax headache – what’s the plan?
One of the number one tax complaints throughout the state is the increasing cost to afford the property tax on a home. A surge in the...
Chris Cargill
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Here’s what’s in the new Idaho education choice bill
The Idaho state Senate is now considering a new education choice bill – SB 1144 – that seeks to expand the state’s already-successful...
Paige Thibaut
- Mar 7
- 1 min
How competition can lower worker’s comp costs and improve outcomes
Workers' compensation is defined by the United States Centers for Disease Control as, “systems [that] were established to provide partial...
Chris Cargill
- Mar 6
- 2 min
No one is proposing school “vouchers”
In the sometimes-heated debate over bringing more education choice options to the region, Republicans, Democrats, and some in the media...
Chris Cargill
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Second Idaho ESA proposal doesn't even get hearing
It's hard to make sense of the strategy in advancing additional education choice options in the Idaho legislature - if there even is one....
Chris Cargill
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Income tax rates going down in Montana
Montana is joining the ever-growing list of states cutting its state income tax rate. The state legislature has given final approval to...
Chris Cargill
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Where things stand with ed choice proposals across the region
A flurry of legislation throughout the Mountain States has made it difficult to track everything that’s going on. In Washington state,...
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