school funding

A federal judge in Boise today [Tuesday] ruled in favor of an initiative campaign that wants to require the state to devote more money to public…

An Idaho group that hopes to put a public school funding initiative on the November ballot is asking a federal judge for extra time to collect…

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, we take a break from Spokane city council and mayoral candidate interviews to talk about state government. Sometimes,…

The Spokane school board is holding a community budget forum tonight [Wednesday]. The forum is the district’s chance to explain to parents and teachers…

Mead School District officials say it appears they won’t have to lay off any teachers as part of a plan to cut more than $11 million in spending.School…

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, hard decisions made in Spokane’s Mead School District.On Tuesday night, the Mead school board cut $11.3 million from…

Spokane area school officials say they’re still digesting school funding changes adopted by the Washington legislature during its recently-finished…

Wednesday on the Inland Journal podcast, the debate about school levies in Washington. Last year, legislators shifted much of the tax burden for funding…

The Washington and Idaho legislatures go back into session next Monday. For most of us in our daily lives, this doesn’t mean much, except that the laws…

Voters in Coeur d’Alene will be asked to approve a $35.5 million bond measure and a $32 million operating levy for the school district in mid March.Coeur…