Education Caucus News Today

These are tough times for public schools — pandemic learning loss, aging facilities, needs for counseling services, fiscal challenges to meet rising labor costs. Too tough to add institutional upheaval to the mix.

No one who knows why Gov. Josh Green removed Bruce Voss as chair of the state Board of Education is talking openly about the reasons.

Windy Boy receives education award from Office of Public Instruction   Jonathan Windy Boy A local legislator was honored by the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction this morning for his work in closing achievement gaps in education. Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, was invited to receive a Montana Learn award this morning, presented by Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen during the final Education Caucus meeting of the season, with awards presented to legislators w...

Senate Committee Advances Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana - Honolulu Civil Beat Another bill approved by the committee would decriminalize possession of up to an ounce of cannabis. Reading time: 4 minutes. Hawaii would join the 15 other states that have legalized recreational use of marijuana under a bill advanced by a state Senate committee on Tuesday, but the measure still has a very long way to go before it can win final passage. In what appears to be a nod to the long odds faced by...