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School districts in Idaho have used the personnel exemption in the Idaho Public Records Law to cloak information about hiring and paying ditsrict superintendents.

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Some agencies treat Idaho Public Records Law like it’s the Fool the Idaho Public Law

It bears repeating: Idaho Public Records Law is not the Embarrassment Prevention Law. Because something is sensitive or looks bad or is likely to spark citizen outrage is not a legitimate reasons to hide it from citizens.

President Donald Trump walks toward the White House.

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We’re not the enemy. President Trump, end your war on the free press.

President Donald Trump has veered into perilous territory with his assault on the First Amendment. His references to journalists as the “enemy of the American people” are no less dangerous because they happen to be strategic.

Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi is carried off the field by team members, including guard Jerry Kramer, right, after the Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in Super Bowl II in 1968.

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Jerry Kramer was slighted, as a grind-it-out lineman, a kid from Nowhere, Idaho. No more.

Idaho gets to revel in the achievement of a native son, who grew up here, played high school football here, starred here for the University of Idaho, and made his home here when his pro football days were over, a humble hall-of-famer who remains true to his humble roots.

Protesters stacked symbolic child-sized coffins at the Idaho Capitol in February 2018, seeking repeal of a faith-healing exemption for parents who deny their children medical care.

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‘It’s God’s will.’ Should that belief ever excuse any form of child abuse or neglect?

Children are not old enough or independent enough to make life-and-death decisions. Yet state law denies those children their right to life and liberty in order to protect the religious freedom of their parents.

The Cabin, a writing academy based in a 78-year-old building south of Boise's main library, is absent from plans for a new library. Though the new building wouldn't overlap The Cabin's headquarters, it would come close to touching it, raising concerns that The Cabin and its building might have to move.

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Parking, costs, the Cabin: Are city leaders listening to citizens on new library design?

Is the city truly open to incorporating citizen suggestions? We ask this because this is big project with a lot at stake, and Mayor David Bieter has a tendency to get his back up and dig in his heels when his ideas are challenged.

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Repeal Idaho’s absurd, unenforced ban on aerial fireworks. We need a law people will respect.

Idaho law regulating aerial fireworks starts by asking customers to commit perjury. It gets worse from there. It's ignored by all, disrespected by citizens, not enforced by authorities, and offers little recourse for victims.

Hundreds of Treasure Valley residents gathered at City Hall on Monday to support the refugee community and the victims of the mass stabbing in Boise on Saturday.

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Following stabbing attack, Boise translates welcoming words into community action

Boise has a long and proud tradition of welcoming people fleeing strife, from Bosnia in the 1990s, and from Africa and the Middle East in recent years. A European Union delegation visited in 2016 to learn how we welcome and integrate refugees.

Signs like this greet visitors in the parking lot and entrances to Idaho’s Garden Valley School, which has about 250 students in pre-k through 12th grades.

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Armed guards at Idaho schools: Is this the best choice for rural classrooms?

We worry about putting guns in the hands of security guards who are not trained for dealing with students, hostages or active shooters – the very scenarios for which we need qualified, trained experts.

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Let the sun shine in: Idahoans deserve to know all the donors to The Idahoan's mailing

Now that we've discovered this loophole, it's up to Secretary of State Lawerence Denney to urge the Idaho Legislature to make a simple tweak to state code to ensure that our laws designed to guarantee transparency reflect that spirit.

Rep. Paulette Jordan is challenging A.J. Balukoff for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

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Democratic primary: Jordan offers Idaho voters a new face, new approach for governor

Paulette Jordan brings a unique biography to electoral politics in Idaho, having grown up in rural Idaho, worked in tribal government and represented North Idaho in the Legislature. She is the only serious candidate for governor who is a woman and is under 40.

Lt. Gov. Brad Little pictured as the Senate prepares to adjourn in March 2017.

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GOP primary: Experience, knowledge make Little best prepared to be Idaho's governor

With doubts about Tommy Ahlquist and Raul Labrador piling up, the dependable, trustworthy, even-keeled Brad Little looks all the better. As Labrador and Ahlquist have traded nasty barbs, as Ahlquist has tacked right, Little has campaigned as himself: Grounded and down to earth.

The dome inside of the Idaho Statehouse, looking up through the rotunda.

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Kelley Packer gets our nod in Republican race for Idaho lieutenant governor

Rep. Kelley Packer from McCammon has stood up to the Idaho Freedom Foundation and brooked the House leadership in fighting for health care.

Luke Malek at a 1st Congressional District candidate forum in Caldwell in January.

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Malek has the makings of a good representative for Idaho's 1st Congressional District

Congress is an institution in which power and stature comes with relationship-building and seniority, not extremism and finger-pointing. Coeur d'Alene Rep. Luke Malek has the most potential to develop into the member of Congress Idaho needs.

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Republican Kealey has the exact expertise, experience needed for an Idaho treasurer

Tom Kealey’s academic background, extensive business experience and long-time membership on the Endowment Fund Investment Board make him perhaps the best qualified individual to ever seek the office of treasurer.

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Stop the reefer madness. Idaho’s anti-pot hysteria confounds small businesses.

We understand Idaho policymakers’ steadfast opposition to medicinal or recreational marijuana. But to extend that same stubbornness to what is a non-intoxicating product sold routinely in most other states is silly. What’s beyond silly is that Idaho can’t really figure out if it wants to allow the sale of CBD oil or not.

Gov. Cecil Andrus shakes hands with Senate President Jim Risch at Andrus’ state of the budget address on Jan. 13, 1988. Left is House Speaker Tom Boyd.

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Insulting Andrus: Risch’s temper tantrum lets us peek behind the curtain of Idaho politics

Relationships can produce surprising alliances and successes, or grievances that fester into decades-long grudges. These often are masked by the bromides of politicians’ official statements and press releases. They play out behind the scenes, more often whispered than spoken aloud.

Gonzaga’s bench and fans go wild after a basket and foul in the Bulldogs’ 90-84 second round win over Ohio State in Boise Saturday. With the win, the Zags advanced to the Sweet 16.

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March madness gladness: Great games. Boise pronounced Boy-See. And donuts for Calipari.

Boiseans were thrilled, with the Buffalo upset, the caliber of the competitors, and the chance to meet players, band members and fans around town and extend our famous hospitality.

A construction crew works on a house in the Painted Ridge subdivision southeast of Boise. A bill sought by builders that has passed the Idaho House would require uniform building codes for houses across Idaho.

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Idaho Legislature wants to make minimum standards the standard for all building

There are real differences in this state, and in community needs and goals, and the law should be flexible enough to reflect that.

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Income tax bill misses final element: Fairness for low-income families

Conforming taxes and reducing rates generally benefits higher-income families, who benefit the most because they pay the most. But there’s no reason to penalize lower-income families while higher-income households and companies in and out of state enjoy an income-tax cut.

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When it comes to science, legislators, trust your Idaho educators and experts

Idaho legislators can listen to the Idaho scientists who do the Idaho research and know the Idaho data and who attest to the solidity of the proposed Idaho curriculum.

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