Mother and father who wish to assist oversee Idaho’s Empowering Mother and father grants program can now apply to serve on its oversight council as Gov. Brad Little fights for funding.
Little beforehand used tens of tens of millions of {dollars} in federal pandemic funds to bankroll this system, which supplies $1,000 per baby, as much as $3,000 per household. They might then use that cash to pay for issues like tutoring providers, web prices or computer systems.
Decrease revenue households are prioritized for these grants underneath the regulation.
The oversight council will probably be made up of seven mother and father whose kids are eligible for this system. Choice could be given to those that have truly utilized to enroll.
Suggestions by the group would go earlier than the state board of training, which oversees it.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield says the advisory council will carry a superb perspective to policymakers.
“We’ve heard from curiosity teams which are right here in our state. We’ve heard from curiosity teams outdoors of the state. We’ve been lacking a voice, a really highly effective voice, and that’s of our mother and father,” Critchfield stated.
Completely established final 12 months, this system has gone by means of some hiccups. In December, the Idaho Capital Solar reported lower than half of 28,000 purposes had been accredited.
Little acknowledged these missteps Tuesday, chalking it as much as getting a brand new program off the bottom.
He requested lawmakers to fund the Empowering Mother and father program with $30 million this coming 12 months in his annual price range request.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sen. Lori Den Hartog (R-Meridian) stated she desires to introduce a invoice that will direct practically half of that cash towards non-public faculty tuition.
“Or it might permit the hiring of a licensed instructor,” stated Den Hartog. “So, if mother and father wished to pool their funds and do one thing like a micro faculty, it permits for that.”
Her proposal, which she stated could be co-sponsored by Joint Finance and Appropriations co-chair Rep. Wendy Horman (R-Idaho Falls) would set up a pilot program, giving as much as $6,000 per baby and serving as much as 2,000 college students. It will sundown after 5 years if handed.
In all, Den Hartog stated the pilot program would use $12 million of Little’s requested $30 million for subsequent 12 months.
When requested concerning the proposal, Little stated there’s an excessive amount of demand for Empowering Mother and father grants to divvy up that cash.
“In essence, they’re taking meals out of the mouths of a program that we all know goes to work,” he stated.
Lawmakers have but to fund the Empowering Mother and father program for subsequent 12 months.
Functions to serve on its advisory council are due April 30.
Governor Little will appoint three members and the Home Speaker and Senate Professional Tem will every appoint two members. These positions will probably be introduced Might 15.
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IDAHO COUNTY, Idaho – A multi-car accident on Highway 95 has shut down two lanes near Tuchbreiter.
According to the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office, the crash, which involved multiple cars, occurred Friday night. Both lanes remain closed.
It is unclear when the lanes will reopen, but Idaho 511 is advising drivers to seek alternative routes.
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Yessi Puerto Vallarta has been a family-run restaurant for over 25 years | Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com
IDAHO FALLS — For over 25 years, a local Mexican restaurant has been serving authentic family recipes to east Idaho.
Maria Hernandez, the manager of Yessi Puerto Vallarta, says her family has been in the food business for decades, serving homemade Mexican dishes that have been passed down for generations.
“We got started from a friend in the family that used to have restaurants in the Washington area, and we decided to try our luck and start a business with the family,” says Hernandez. “It’s always been a family restaurant, and we’ve been in the area for, oh wow, over 25 years now.”
EastIdahoNews.com was lucky enough to try some of their most popular dishes, starting with the Pollo a la Crema.
This dish consists of sliced chicken, a cream sauce with mushrooms and onions, a side of rice and beans and tortillas.
“This has been a very popular item on the menu,” says Hernandez. “It is a really good dish.”
Next, we tried Hernandez’s favorite dish on the menu, the Chile Rellenos.
The Chile Rellenos are stuffed green peppers with cheese, battered with an egg and smothered with white cheese and red sauce. On the side is a chimichanga with sour cream, guacamole, rice and beans.
“This would have to be, I’d say, a very very popular meal as well,” says Hernandez. “Everybody comes in here and says ‘I’m here for the Chile Rellenos; I know they’re good.’”
Lastly, we tried a personal favorite: street tacos. The types available are steak, spicy or marinated pork with or without pineapple, carne asada, grilled chicken, or chorizo.
“We cook the meat every time people order a taco,” says Hernandez. “They come with the cilantro and onion, and some slices of lime. The pineapple pork and the carne asada are very, very popular. Our chorizo is also homemade, so it’s really popular.”
Everything we tried was absolutely delicious, so we highly recommend trying Yessi Puerto Vallarta the next time you’re going out to eat!
You can find them at 2668 East Sunnyside Road. They are open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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An Idaho photographer is showcasing hundreds of vintage neon signs that once shone brightly outside popular Idaho landmarks, businesses, and more.
Neon signs were a popular addition to the outside of businesses between 1920 and 1950 – but by the 1960s, businesses steered away from them due to cost.
“I wanted to capture what still remained of all the vintage neon that I had grown up seeing around Boise, many of which were already disappearing at a rapid rate during the 80’s and 90’s,” Photographer Jess Jackson said. “Since the sign industry was already moving away from neon and into bland, generic looking, backlit LED stuff, I wanted to preserve what was left through my photography, before our last examples of the “golden era” of neon disappeared as well.”
From 2006-2012, Jackson took hundreds of photos of neon signs when he drove throughout the state for his job.
“Instead of sitting around in hotel rooms during my off-time, I decided to start looking for neon signs to photograph as a way to pass the evenings since I usually traveled alone,” he said. “That led into exploring some of the smaller, more remote towns and photographing what neon they still had.”
After five years, Jackson had built a large collection of photographs, and he decided to organize the neon sign pictures into the shape of Idaho – called Signs of Idaho.
“The signs I’ve featured are unique in the sense that there are no copies of them,” he said. “You’ll only find the Torch Lounge sign in Boise, the Turf Club in Twin Falls, Buddy’s in Pocatello, or the Corner Club in Moscow,” he said. “Those are local icons that people have attached their own personal memories to and that’s what I think makes them unique and special.”
While several of the signs in the photograph align with the location where they were taken, many do not.
“A lot of areas in Idaho don’t have any neon signs left, where some parts of the state, like Pocatello, Twin Falls, or Boise still have relatively large collections,” Jackson said. “It just became impossible to put these all in their exact location and still maintain the shape of Idaho, which was the primary objective.”
The individual photographs featured in Signs of Idaho can be found on Jackson’s Flickr page.
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