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March 7 - Idaho Press Tribune: Lawmakers too reluctant to embrace school innovation
The early graduation idea promoted by Reps. Steven Thayn of Emmett and Brandon Durst of Boise is the most innovative education concept to hit the Statehouse since the late 1990s. The Thayn/Durst plan, which passed the House 61-7 last month, would start a pilot project that would allow students to graduate early... (read more)
March 3 - MSNBC (AP Wire): Idaho plan would pay kids to graduate early
BOISE, Idaho — Every high school has at least a handful of them, gifted students who blow through Faulkner as if it were a comic book, teenagers who catch on to calculus as if it were checkers... (read more)
February 17 - Idaho Statesman: Our View: Is help actually on the way for higher ed?
Legislators do need to think through the pros and cons of paying districts to graduate kids early. The scholarship money, however, is an easy call. The money would go to the state's brightest and most college-ready students, and provide them one more financial incentive to stay in Idaho. And if these students attend college in Idaho, they are that much more likely to pursue a career in Idaho.
Credit to Thayn and Durst for crossing party lines... (read more)
February 10 - Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Early grad plan worth serious consideration
It's always nice to see Republicans and Democrats work together on common-sense solutions to education funding, particularly when their ideas benefit students more than anyone else.
A proposal by Idaho state Reps. Steve Thayn and Branden Durst certainly falls into that category... (read more)
January 28 - Idaho Business Review: Lawmaker hopes to spark job creation with private loan fund for startups
A Boise lawmaker is calling for the state to set up a private fund that could make loans of up to $35,000 to startup companies and other growing businesses in Idaho, a move that he says could trigger some badly needed job growth.
Rep. Branden Durst, D-Boise, has been drawing up a bill that would create an independent corporation called the Micro Enterprise Development Association that would be authorized to make loans to companies with fewer than 50 full-time employees... (read more)
July 2010
July 15 - Boise Weekly: Need Something to Do Thursday?
The Boise Coffee Party has arranged a Capitol tour, lead by State Sen. Nicole Lefavour and Rep. Brandon Durst to give whoever likes it, a step-by-step primer on how to pass a law...(read more)
June 2010
June 26 - KTVB (AP Wire): GOP wants Ada Commission hopeful to withdraw
Vern Bisterfeldt, a Boise City Council member, beat Fred Tilman in the May 25 Republican primary. He has no Democratic foe in November.
But Bisterfeldt is campaign treasurer for state Rep. Branden Durst, a Democrat running for state senate... (read more)
June 6 - IdahoReporter.com: Idaho Democrats call GOP platform extremist, astounding
Boise Democratic state Rep. Branden Durst, now a candidate for the Idaho Senate, criticized the proposal on his Twitter feed last month. “(I) won’t be signing any ‘loyalty oaths,’” he said. “Luckily I don’t have to. My job is to serve the people of my district not a political party." (read more)
May 2010
May 11 - IBR names 2010 Accomplished Under 40 honorees
The Idaho Business Review has announced the 2010 recipients of the Idaho Accomplished Under 40 awards.
This year, the program’s 11th, was the most competitive to date. More than 150 young movers and shakers across the state were nominated for the distinction. Judges, all former Accomplished Under 40 honorees, ranked applicants in the areas of professional accomplishments, leadership, community involvement and long-term goals... (read more)
April 2010
April 29 - IdahoReporter.com: State lawmakers report mixed results in social media
Durst told IdahoReporter.com that he sees blogging as a way to reach a certain audience. ”You have to meet people where they’re at,” said Durst, who feels that social media offerings by legislators should complement town halls and face-to-face contact, not replace them... (read more)
April 29 - Idaho Statesman: Ada GOP chooses side in county primary
Bisterfeldt has been a Boise City councilman - a non-partisan position - since 2002.
"The fact that I think Cecil Andrus is a great guy and that I am the treasurer for Branden Durst and Walt Minnick does not interfere with me being a Republican. I have not given up my right to be a Republican," Bisterfeldt said... (read more)
April 9 - Idaho Press Tribune (AP Wire): Otter signs off on early graduation bill
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has signed off on a bill to reward students who graduate early from high school with scholarships to Idaho universities and colleges... (read more)
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