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Bullying has become a HUGE issue in our schools. A lot of parents are holding their breath while their children our in school. What's more nerve racking is that many children are telling their parents nothing is going on, and in realty, they are being bullied everyday! Social media and cell phones have made bullying a lot different from when we were in school. Things aren't just said, they are pos

(AP) - Idaho Gov. "Butch" Otter has signed a 2013 funding plan for public schools that includes funds for the state's new education reforms, including merit pay bonuses and laptops. The budget includes $1.27 billion in state general funding, a $56 million bump over the current fiscal year. That's a 4.6 percent boost in state support, but the overall increase is much smaller at 0.4 percen

A proposed texting-while-driving ban for Idaho is headed to debate in the House, after senators agreed stricter limits on smart phones behind the wheel of a car would make people safer on the roads.  If the bill approved Tuesday on a 29-6 vote sounds familiar, it should...

First hour - Idaho Department of Corrections Director Brent Reinke comments "improvements" at the Idaho Correctional Center, Protect Life bill passed by the U.S. House of Representives. Second hour - Idaho LGBT Activist Jody May-Chang disputes comments made by American Family Association Director Brian Fischer ...

Top Story Podcast 9/13/11: First hour - Lady landlord, South Central Community Action Partnership event in the park, Steve Millington.  Second hour - President Obama's jobs bill.  Will it fix everything? Looking for an older show ...

Top Story Podcast 4/21/11: First hour - Gov. Otter vetoes the Idaho anti-health care plan bill and issues an executive order instead. Also, ISDB Presentation and the cops. Second hour - The "birther" question. Is it worth pursuing or should we drop it after all this time ...

Top Story Podcast 3/25/11: First hour: No church in downtown Twin Falls, Steve Crump. Second hour: TFPD Chief Brian Pike. Twin Falls Planning and Zoning Commission denied Magic Valley Bible Church request to use the former Cain's Furniture building for a church ...

The Idaho Senate has voted 20-15 to pass the third piece of a plan to reform Idaho's public schools.

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.