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College of Idaho, Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy to host public forum on polarization [1]

['Mia Maldonado', 'More From Author', '- October']

Date: 2023-10

The College of Idaho is collaborating with the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy to host a public policy forum Oct. 25 in Caldwell, according to a news release.

The event, “The Idaho Policy Forum: Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization,” is open to the public, and it will include three panel discussions about school vouchers, green energy and open primaries. The event will end with closing remarks from former Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Jones.

For more information about the event and to see the whole schedule, visit the event registration page .

According to the news release, the event is meant to keep with the college’s commitment to “cultivating a democratic citizenry by providing a space for deliberation about today’s most important issues facing the state of Idaho.”

When: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday

Where: College of Idaho’s Langroise Recital Hall in Caldwell

Questions during the event from the public are encouraged, and refreshments will be available at the end of the event.

Speakers and panelists include:

School Vouchers panel, 1:50 p.m – 2:50 p.m.

Moderator: May Roberts, policy analyst, Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy

Idaho Rep. Julie Yamamoto, R-Caldwell

Nancy Gregory, president, Idaho School Boards Association

Audra Talley, Homeschool Idaho’s Board of Directors

Green Energy Panel, 3 – 4p.m.

Moderator: Ryan McGoldrick, program director, Conservation Voters for Idaho

Lisa Young, director, Idaho Sierra Club

Steve Burgos, public works director, city of Boise

Bryant Jones, executive director, Geothermal Rising

Open Primaries 4:10 p.m – 5:10 p.m.

Moderator: Patrick Bageant, Boise City Council member, president pro tem

Butch Otter, former Idaho governor

Luke Mayville, co-founder, Reclaim Idaho

Matthew May, research scholar, Idaho Policy Institute at Boise State University

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