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Your attendance is encouraged at Pocatello town hall this weekend – East Idaho News
POCATELLO – The last Democrat representing Pocatello voters will hold an event this weekend to hear what issues are most important to them.
Sen. James Ruchti is hosting a non-partisan town hall on Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. It will be held in the council chambers of Pocatello City Hall.
Ruchti will share some opening thoughts at the beginning of the meeting, along with what he thinks are the most important issues facing the state. The public can chime in with their thoughts as well.
“This is open to everybody, all constituents. You don’t have to be somebody who is a Democrat or a Republican to come visit and share your thoughts,” Ruchti said.
Some issues that Ruchti plans to bring up first are what he calls the school vouchers proposals headed through the legislature this session. This would allow families to use public funds to pay for private school.
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“(School vouchers are) a dramatic shift in how we have funded public education. If we go down this road … those monies (will compete) with our traditional neighborhood schools,” Ruchti said. “Everybody needs to be aware of it. You don’t want this to happen, and hopefully it won’t.”
“As the population increases and as our tax revenues increase, are we spending the right amount of money to maintain our infrastructure? That’s roads and bridges, that’s school facilities and teachers and court systems,” he adds. “We just have to constantly be vigilant about what we do with our tax revenues. And if we’re gonna do tax cuts, they should probably be targeted and done smartly.”
Ruchti expects a wide variety of issues to be brought up in the town hall.
“In a democracy, people have different interests. I’m sure people (who) show up (will) have something they want to share with us,” Ruchti said.
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PAUL, Idaho (KUTV) — Two bus drivers and four students were transported to hospitals in various conditions after a head-on collision between two school buses in southern Idaho.
Officials with the Idaho State Police said they responded to a crash near Paul in Minidoka County early Monday morning, extricating a driver from a bus.
Both drivers were airlifted to a hospital, and four injured students were transported by ambulance or car to local hospitals for treatment. Police believe the students’ injuries are not life-threatening.
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Two bus drivers and four students were transported to hospitals in various conditions after a head-on collision between two school buses in southern Idaho. (Credit: Idaho State Police)
Police said the crash occurred just before 6:15 a.m. on State Highway 25. There were a total of 17 students on the two buses, all of whom have been reunited with their families.
Officials did not release information on where the students attend school.
The crash comes just days after two school buses were hit by a pickup truck in central Utah, sending 18 people to the hospital and resulting in the death of the truck driver.
The majority of the Wasatch Academy students in the Utah crash have since returned from the hospital, according to school officials.
Utah officials believe the three-vehicle crash may have been caused by fatigued driving. The cause of the Idaho crash is still under investigation.
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One person is dead after a U-Haul truck appears to have accidentally exploded in a parking lot in Idaho early Saturday, according to officials.
The explosion caused damage within the blast radius including to a Courtyard Marriott and Old Navy, according to the Lewiston Fire Department and City of Lewiston Police Department.
Initial findings indicate the vehicle was transporting stored materials, including flammable items such as gasoline and propane tanks, according to officials.
“At this time, there is no indication the incident is criminal in nature,” Lewiston Fire Marshal Julian Sorrell said in a statement.
There was no fire after the explosion, officials said.
The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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