NAMPA, Idaho, Dec. 16 (TNSOps) -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: Northwest Nazarene University was one of 36 local businesses and charities recognized during the annual John H. & Orah I. Brandt Foundation luncheon on the NNU campus Dec. 14, 2021. NNU received a grant for $70,000. "Words are just not adequate to express our deep gratitude for such generosity, "NNU's Corporate and Foundation Relations Director Bryon Knight said. "This year's grant will provide meaningfu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: New reporting from Axios is highlighting how Republicans "are facing crowded and increasingly nasty gubernatorial primaries...-- with candidates sizing each other up over Donald Trump, election conspiracies and COVID-19 mandates" Races in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Idaho, have drawn anywhere from two to 12 Republican candidates vying for the governor's mansion. To win far-right supp  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 15 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: The Child Nutrition Division of the Idaho State Department of Education today published newly updated lists of Centers and Family Day Care Homes that participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). CACFP, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides nutritious food to infants, children and adults. Under this federal program, all individuals enrolled in particip  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2021: Governor Brad Little commented today on the news that Idaho's already low unemployment rate dropped yet again to 2.6-percent in November, down 0.2 percentage points from October. "Idaho is consistently in the top five states for our very low unemployment rate. For four straight months, Idaho's labor force has grown, and Idahoans are working. "Our success shows that limited government regul  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 16 -- The Idaho State Board of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: The Idaho State Board of Education today approved a temporary rule shifting the methodology for calculating average daily attendance for public school funding from daily attendance to average full-time equivalent (FTE)student enrollment for the current academic year. The average full-time equivalent student enrollment methodology is based on weekly enrollment reporting and includes r  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 16 -- The Idaho State Board of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: The Idaho State Board of Education today heard preliminary results from its Postsecondary Student Experience Survey. Nearly 9,000 students-16.4% of Idaho's total undergraduate and graduate student population attending all eight public colleges and universities, participated in the voluntary scientific survey conducted last month. Early results indicate that a large majority of stude  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Dec. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Rates of water loss experienced by migrants attempting to cross the desert from Mexico into the U.S. are sufficient to cause severe dehydration and to explain patterns of migrant mortality, according to a University of Idaho study. The extreme weather of desert environments can impose significant challenges to human survival, and migrants who attempt to enter the U.S. through the Sonoran Desert likely  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Dec. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Vandal innovation is headed to the International Space Station (ISS). One of five selected through NASA's Student Payload Opportunity With Citizen Science (SPOCS) nationwide competition, a team of University of Idaho College of Engineering students will travel to Kennedy Space Center to witness the Dec. 21 SpaceX launch that will send their research to the ISS. Their research will test how microgravi  more

NAMPA, Idaho, Dec. 18 (TNSOps) -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: NNU was recently awarded $993,500 from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative. It is a three-phase initiative designed to help theological schools across the United States and Canada as they prioritize and respond to the most pressing challenges they face as they prepare pastoral leaders for Christian congregations both now and into the future. "We feel incredibly blessed to re  more

NAMPA, Idaho, Dec. 17 (TNSOps) -- Northwest Nazarene University issued the following news: NNU has been awarded a $1 million educational grant from the Ralph Smeed Memorial Foundation to create an education center dedicated to teaching the classical principles of free-market economics. The grant will establish the Center for the Study of Market Alternatives (CSMA) which will be housed in NNU's business department. CSMA will provide courses on free-market economics at the colleges and universit  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, Dec. 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: The impact of climate change in Idaho will present challenges and opportunities to all sectors of our economy - from agriculture to recreation and tourism, energy, human health, infrastructure and land - according to a series of reports prepared by Idaho researchers in an effort led by the James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research at the University of Idaho and just released to the   more