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The budget writers in the Idaho Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee kicked off its new budget-setting process today, but not without a couple hiccups.

Originally published Feb. 2 on IdahoEdNews.org.

The budget writers in the Idaho Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee kicked off its new budget-setting process today, but not without a couple hiccups.

Republican Idaho legislators are calling on its state Commission for Libraries to leave the largest library association over its "Marxist lesbian" president.

BOISE — The House State Affairs Committee introduced a proposal to allow civil penalties for schools or public libraries that permit adolescents younger than 18 access to materials considered obscene

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In Idaho, where I live, book banners have targeted the state’s three largest cities of Boise, Meridian and Nampa, all in the Treasure Valley in southwest Idaho.

Some people have become so alarmed by what children might read in school or in libraries that they want books they don’t like removed — immediately. The targeted books include

By CRISTA WORTHY

Some people have become so alarmed by what children might read in school or in libraries that they want books they don’t like removed — immediately. The targeted books include