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Our public schools have served to ensure the stability of [our] republican form of government as well as the growth of our economic prosperity for more than a century.

A Republican lawmaker says armed public school employees could deter attacks. A House Democrat decried the proposed “lack of ...

Amid a week of weather alerts predicting a snowstorm, Treasure Valley school districts decided to release students early as ...

The Vallivue School District posted a video on its social media to announce that its students will have a snow day on Friday.

BOISE — After more than two hours of debate, the Idaho House on Friday voted to send a $50 million "parental choice tax credit" bill to the Senate. Nearly half the members of the chamber stood ...

Boise, West Ada, Vallivue and Kuna schools closed Friday after the Boise area got about three inches of snow overnight, ...

The Treasure Valley is cleaning up from a winter storm, making driving road conditions difficult. These school have made cancellations or delays for Friday, February 7. Last update: 7:33 a.m.

BOISE — After more than two hours of debate, the Idaho House on Friday voted to send a $50 million “parental choice tax credit” bill to the Senate. Nearly half the members of the chamber ...

Bill co-sponsors Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, and Senate Majority Leader Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, told the committee that eligible families would receive up to $5,000 per child through a ...