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Top Story Podcast 5/31/11: First hour - Sarah Palin is taking a bus trip along the eastern seaboard. Also, Steve Millington. Second hour - Idaho School Superintendent Tom Luna.  Some are wondering if Palin's bus trip on the east coast is a prelude to her announcement that she's running for president ...

Organizers of a bid to dump education and union reforms that recently passed the 2011 Idaho Legislature say they've gathered enough signatures to put three repeal measures on the November 2012 ballot.

An English teacher in Canyon County is firing back at Idaho school superintendent tom Luna over a controversial memo.  Luna sent a memo to school administrators last week that warned of possible teacher ethics violations for school-based efforts to recall Luna and his education overhaul laws...

Top Story Podcast 5/17/11: First hour - School's Chief Tom Luna sent a memo to teachers reminding them of the law about using email and school facilities to advance their recall and political efforts. Now, the IEA is calling his actions INTIMIDATION ...

A group seeking to overturn Idaho's new education reform laws has more than half the signatures needed to put the issue on the November 2012 ballot. That's according to Mike Lanza, who heads Idahoans for Responsible Education Reform and says nearly 30,000 signatures have been collected on each of the three petitions as part of the referendum campaign...

Top Story Podcast 4/29/11: First hour - The Wedding, the continuing attack on Luna's education reform plan, Magic Valley Has Art Contest and Steve Crump. Second hour - Terry Buell with MV Speedway.  The constant barage of attacks on the education reform plan of Tom Luna just doesn't let up ...

Idaho School Superintendent Tom Luna was in Twin Falls yesterday.  Luna met with school administrators and educators as he takes his post-legislative tour around the state.

Idaho schools chief Tom Luna will be in Twin Falls on Thursday for the Magic Valley leg of his post legislative tour. It is an event that happens every year after lawmakers leave the Capitol.

Public schools chief Tom Luna is kicking off his post-legislative tour in Boise, where his education reform package dominated the 2011 Idaho Legislature.      Luna is expected to make six stops, starting on Monday in the state's capital city...

An effort to force the recall of Idaho School Superintendent Tom Luna is beginning to spread around the state.  Petition drives are scheduled throughout southern Idaho this Saturday.

(AP) Legislation to shift money in Idaho's public schools budget to pay for classroom technology and other reforms is headed to the state House of Representatives.

For the third year in a row, the public education budget will decrease, but State School Superintendent, Tom Luna, says that this year's cut will be a relief for most districts.  State departments across Idaho have been taking drastic budget cuts during this legislative session.  Luna says schools have been preparing for the worst, but Monday morning the budget writers gave schools some mixed news

Lawmakers are advancing the third piece of a plan to reform Idaho's public schools, with legislation to boost technology in the classroom. The Senate Education Committee voted 6-3 to approve the bill yesterday, with supporters convinced they need to restructure how Idaho's scarce education dollars are spent.

The Idaho Education association is leading an effort to have Tom Luna's education reform package repealed. Two of the three bills in that package have already been signed by the governor.

Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter has signed laws to eliminate teacher job protections and early retirement, restrict collective bargaining and introduce merit pay in Idaho.

Foes of Idaho’s education reform plan have announced that today will be a day of protest. More the a dozen rallies are planned around Idaho in Twin Falls, Kimberly, Pocatello, Moscow, Post Falls, Blackfoot, Driggs, Idaho Falls, Lewiston, Buhl, Cassia, Ada, and Blaine counties.

A retired secretary who worked at Mountain Home Air Force Base for 22 years is attempting to fly an idea that has never succeeded in Idaho history.  Nancy Berto, is hoping to recall  Idaho Superintendent Tom Luna. Berto has attended protests against Luna’s three big education reform bills with “Stop the Lunacy” and “Save Our Schools” signs...

Top Story Podcast 3/7/11: First hour - Get rid of the wealth! That will fix all our problems. Just ask Michael Moore. Also, Randy Stapilus with the Idaho Legislative Update. Second hour: Throwing money at education in Idaho...is it the same as throwing money toward the union ...

The battle over education reform in Idaho will continue this week. The House of Representatives is set to possibly send two of the three bills attached to Superintendent Tom Luna's plan to the governor's desk.

Top Story Podcast 3/4/11: First hour: Patty O'Dell, TF School District, Steve Crump. Second hour:Is your legislator ignoring you? Do you think your legislator already had his/her mind made up?  Are you feeling ignored?  Read more here... Looking for an older show ... Read More ...