Boise State Library

Boise State University and University of Idaho are each poised to take a $2 million hit to their budget next year – the latest fallout from a years-long battle over diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

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It was 65 years ago, deep in the Idaho wilderness, when one woman took poetry, turned it into music, and recorded it. Her collection of songs and poems…