BOISE - Two themes - keeping families together and giving immigrants equal access to work, benefits and school - dominated a rally Wednesday in Boise, where more than 700 demonstrators urged lawmakers overhaul the nation's immigration laws and system.
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BOISE - Idaho lawmakers made public schools, collective bargaining and school funding a top-ticket item during the 2013 Legislature, despite a ballot box beat-down of a series of public education initiatives last fall.
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BOISE - Idaho's charter schools, for the first time since they emerged on the state's educational landscape more than a decade ago, are on the verge of getting state aid to help pay mortgages and other facilities costs.
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BOISE - A House committee has taken a step toward putting Idaho's collection of charter schools in a better financial position to pay their monthly building and maintenance bills.
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BOISE - In a historically conservative state that often opposes so many forms of federal involvement - from the health care law to endangered species acts - Idaho lawmakers are now looking for all the help they can get from Washington when it comes to enforcing the nation's drug laws.
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