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The Idaho Senate has approved a higher education budget with a $7.6 million cut in state support. The Senate voted 28-7 along party lines to pass the budget for Idaho's public universities, which is up $19 million in total funding but with the cut in state general funds, will force the schools to rely more on dedicated funds that primarily consist of student tuition and fees...

The Idaho House State Affairs Committee has voted to send HB 222, which would allow people with a concealed weapons permit to carry firearms on college and university campuses in the state, on to the full house.  The bill would allow public colleges and universities to regulate firearms in undergraduate dormitories...

Top Story Podcast 3/9/11: First hour: gawker.com claims Idaho Republicans hate teachers. More people testify against Medicaid cuts. Second hour: Guns on college campuses...reasonable caution or unconstitutional? The blogger gawker.com thinks Idaho Republicans hate teachers because of the education reform bill that was passed in the Idaho legislature limiting their bargaining rights ...

The current method of electing trustees for community colleges in the state could be changing soon.  The Times News reports that a bill introduced yesterday in the House State Affairs Committee would require that trustee districts be divided into geographic zones with residency requirements to give board representation from all of a colleges taxing district...