READ: Historic 'Idaho Work' investment in school facilities helps district rebuild after fire
 Our record-shattering 'Idaho Works' investment in school facility improvements is already helping districts rebuild their facilities and save taxpayer dollars!
What Idaho is doing is WORKING!
"Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 has announced that it is no longer asking voters to support the $33 million Highland High School bond that will be on the May 21 primary election ballot.
The school district issued a news release on Wednesday stating that the fact Gov. Brad Little has signed House Bill 521 into law means there will be enough incoming state funding to rebuild the fire-damaged high school, making the bond unnecessary.
The district reports that it will receive an expected $43 million from House Bill 521 to fund facilities construction.
“This groundbreaking legislation represents a crucial step to rebuild and revitalize Highland’s storied campus, offering a lifeline to the community without resorting to additional taxpayer burden through a bond measure,” the district stated about House Bill 521 in its news release.
The district said the funding provided by House Bill 521 will enable the Highland rebuilding project to start immediately.
School District 25 also praised the passage of House Bill 521 and called the legislation “a paradigm shift in educational funding and community support.”
The district stated in its news release, “Championed by state legislators and supported by a coalition of local stakeholders, this legislation exemplifies a commitment to investing in the future of our community’s youth and ensuring access to quality education in a safe, productive, and comprehensive learning environment.”
REPORT: Idaho leads in economic outlook, performance
Idaho is once again a TOP 5 STATE for economic strength. Our success is proof that conservative spending WORKS!
“While the federal government continues their never-ending descent into a record-setting $35 trillion debt, the only last point of refuge for fiscal sanity rests in our 50 laboratories of democracy – the states,” said ALEC Chief Economist Jonathan Williams. “Americans are voting with their feet and fleeing the high tax, high regulation states like California, New York and Illinois for pro-growth, pro-employment havens like Utah, Idaho, and Arizona, where leaders rely on a set of free market principles and pro-taxpayer reforms that landed those states at the top of our rankings.”
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Idaho leads 22 Republican Governors in Blast of EPA’s Latest Job-Killing Mandate
Biden’s EPA has once again overstepped its authority with new “one-size-fits-all” standards that disproportionately impact rural states.
I’m proud to lead 21 of my fellow Republican Governors in pushing back on the EPA and fighting for our workers, businesses, and the Gem State.
"Today 22 Republican governors joined together to call on the Biden Administration to pause the implementation of a recent job-killing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that calls for the unnecessary regulatory overreach of particulate matter.
The letter to the EPA addresses the recent mandate dictated by the EPA that adds burdensome regulations which tighten limits on fine particles in the air, known as PM2.5, without considering the impact to states – namely rural states – and the private sector. The mandate is nothing more than additional red tape that ignores significant progress in addressing fine particulate matter levels and would be disastrous for American industries and job creation."
Signatories include:
- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey
- Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders
- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp
- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds
- Montana Governor Greg Gianforte
- New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu
- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott
- Utah Governor Spencer Cox
- Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon
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Ethan's Smile - at the Idaho State Capitol
 Two years ago, Idahoans were devastated at the loss of four University of Idaho students - Maddie, Kaylee, Xana, and Ethan.
To honor Ethan's memory, his family, the Chapins, launched the "Ethan's Smile Foundation" to provide students in their local community with scholarships to attend college and pursue their dreams. Last year, the Chapins raised money for the scholarship by selling tulips planted in Ethan's honor, called "Ethan's Smile."
First Lady Teresa and I were honored to purchase some of these tulip bulbs, now in full bloom at the Idaho State Capitol. We encourage all Idahoans to visit the blooms and spread kindness in memory of Ethan, Xana, Kaylee, and Maddie.
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