Posted on February 20th, 2009 by admin
The Illinois press has been busy gathering input on the fallout of the Rod Blagojevich impeachment, including from our own Dr. Bob Kustra:
The Illinois chief executive wields vast power to appoint and remove government workers, including the heads of most state agencies and boards as well as his staff and inner circle.
“Staff are very personal [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 by admin
Professor of Political Science and University Foundation Research Scholar at Boise State University Gary Moncrief has been blogging for the Idaho Statesman this legislative session. His latest post discusses legislative time, and real time, which are two different things . . .
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 by admin
While in town to celebrate the achievements of the athletes at the 2009 World Winter Olympic Games, Vice President Joe Biden took time to visit Boise State University, and our good friend Bethine Church, the New West blog reports:
Biden said he was grateful to the late-Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, and his widow, Bethine, who was [...]
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Posted on February 13th, 2009 by admin
Boise State University’s Public Policy Center has launched a new podcast entitled “Spotlight on Policy.” The podcasts, which will be posted on Boise State’s channel on iTunes U, highlight topical policy issues and present background, context and data from the Public Policy Center’s applied research on the topics.
“We think our center’s focus on timely, topical [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by admin
Faculty from the College of Social Science and Public Affairs were recognized along with other faculty members, at the Boise State Library’s annual Faculty Authors Reception on February 4th. Faculty from the SSPA produced over 100 scholarly articles, books, textbooks, and monographs. The full list of faculty authors is available at the Albertson Library website.
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Posted on February 5th, 2009 by admin
Communication Professor Trevor Hall developed a series of workshops to prepare students to film the historic Special Olympic Games in Idaho. As reported in the Boise State UPDATE:
Trevor Hall from the Department of Communication developed four one-credit workshops in collaboration with Special Olympics International to teach students to film, edit and upload video. Special Olympics [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 by admin
Boise State University hosted the annual Frank Church conference on Tuesday. A large crowd gathered to hear the panelists and keynote speakers. One panel called for a “new Church Committee” to investigate recent abuses of power by the executive branch of government, something that Frank Church did as a Senator.
You can hear a detailed [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by admin
One of the nation’s leading experts on state legislatures, Gary Moncrief, will offer his views of the goings-on in the Idaho State Legislature this session in blog posts for the Idaho Statesman.
His first post appeared this week, and was quickly picked up by the bloggers at the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Moncrief’s posts will [...]
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