Kids learn a lot outside of the classroom, and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Greatness march, coming up this year on Monday, Jan. 20, is, for many, a chance to learn about the importance of civil discourse and activism. Sonia Galaviz is a fifth grade teacher at Garfield Elementary in B…
Children swarmed around their parents' legs, carrying signs and wearing warm, fuzzy caps. The experience of being a child at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Greatness March in Boise is something Ashanti Bruce knows well. She's an adult now, but her mother took her to the march every year…
Halfway through her speech at the 2020 Idaho Women's March on Jan. 18, Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb called on the more than 1,500 people standing at the Capitol Steps to hug and "offer praise" to the person next to them. For a brief moment, hundreds of pairs of people embraced.Â
Standing at the podium in the Idaho State Capitol's Lincoln Auditorium the evening of Jan. 16, Protect Idaho Kids Founder Bruce Wingate asked the people seated in the first three rows to stand. He then told the attendees that the number of people standing was roughly equivalent to the number…
Idaho was the fourth state to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of that landmark in U.S. History.Â
Kids learn a lot outside of the classroom, and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Greatness march, coming up this year on Monday, Jan. 20, is, for many, a chance to learn about the importance of civil discourse and activism. Sonia Galaviz is a fifth grade teacher at Garfield Elementary in B…
Idaho's current decisions on infrastructure and transit could drastically affect its future
A bill that would add the words "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" to the Gem State's 1960s-era human rights law has been introduced in the Idaho Senate. Unfortunately, said Sen. Maryanne Jordan, who submitted the change as a personal bill on Jan. 14, that isn't a historic first.
Ingrid Brudenell is afraid that the United States will go to war with Iran, and worries that recent events in the Middle East could kick off an armed conflict without due deliberation by elected representatives.
Nearly 90,000 Idahoans signed up for health care coverage this year, according to a report from Your Health Idaho, the Gem State’s insurance exchange. That’s down significantly compared to 2019—a change YHI leaders attribute to Medicaid expansion.
Boise officially has new leadership for the first time in 16 years. Former City Council President Lauren McLean was officially sworn in at Boise City Hall the evening of Jan. 7.
