BOISE, Idaho, July 6 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 16 states to challenge a proposed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that would allow some illegal aliens to receive Obamacare. The coalition of attorneys general, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, urged HHS withdraw the proposed rule pending judicial review. "The Biden administration is openly attempti  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 4 (TNSper) -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield is welcoming a new Director of Special Education as previous director Julie Mead transitions into her new role with the Caldwell School District. "I'm very pleased that Chynna Hirasaki has agreed to bring her leadership, dedication to community and experience serving students both in and out of the classroom to the State Department of Edu  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 7 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Governor Brad Little convened a roundtable of legislators and law enforcement officers last week for discussion about how to strengthen Idaho's response to the fentanyl crisis and to hear directly from the Idaho State Police (ISP) troopers who were deployed to the Texas-Mexico border in May and June. The meeting occurred as law enforcement officers across Idaho are seeing huge increases in the amount of fenta  more

BOISE, Idaho, June 29 -- Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield issued the following commentary: * * * Helping Schools Select Quality, Effective Curriculum is on the Agenda What our students learn and how it is presented is important to parents, communities and Idahoans. The materials used in classrooms - referred to as curriculum - are selected by locally elected school trustees in a process laid out in state law. These statutes require that the process is open to the   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 7 (TNSawa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University plant scientist was recognized last month for excellence in teaching by administrators from land-grant universities across the West. Jennifer Lachowiec received the New Teacher Award of Excellence from the Western Academic Program Section, or W-APS, at the Joint Western Directors summer meeting in Richland, Washington, on June 22. The western region includes Alaska, Arizo  more