I've got a first edition Kindle, and I bought a book for it, and I have yet to finish that one book, while in the meantime I've bought others, read others. Some day I'll find all the pieces and charge it up and finish that one (but maybe not,' [...]
I've got a first edition Kindle, and I bought a book for it, and I have yet to finish that one book, while in the meantime I've bought others, read others. Some day I'll find all the pieces and charge it up and finish that one (but maybe not,' [...]
I've got one Representative and two Senators in Congress, just like everyone else in the country. I've got a larger share of representation with those Senators thanks to our state's relatively small population, but given their politics, a fat lot of good it does me.
I happen to [...]
OLYMPIA -- A bill to offer tax breaks for the construction and outfitting of data centers in rural counties passed the House Tuesday, a day after it passed the Senate.
Amendments to allow the tax breaks to be extended to other areas of the state, such as Pierce County, were [...]
But Idaho’s 1st District would be a tough race in 2010. A Sali entry would make the race incredibly unstable. All we’ve got to suggest that Sali’s going to make the move is the speculation of Dennis Mansfield, and one of Dennis’ big reasons for speculation was that Raul [...]
The race for state schools superintendent took shape Wednesday afternoon.
Republican Tom Luna filed Wednesday afternoon, and will seek a second term.
Retiring Boise schools superintendent Stan Olson has not filed his paperwork, but he has scheduled a Thursday campaign kickoff; Olson will run on the Democratic ticket.
In other Wednesday afternoon [...]
Madeline Martinez, executive director of the Oregon chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, smells marijuana buds at the Cannabis Café.
Marijuana traffickers are taking advantage of our national postal service like never before, according to new statistics from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
The agency, [...]
Just in time for St Patrick's Day! Guinness disobeys the laws of physics. Science has finally figured out just why Guinness is so different. Unlike other brews, the bubbles in Guinness go down rather than up.Lucky members of the Royal Society of Chemistry investigated a selection of pints last week [...]
OLYMPIA -- A growing number of legislators say they will refuse the $90 per day they can receive for food and lodging during all or part of the special session.
Twenty-one senators, out of the total of 49, have notified the secretary of the Senate they won't be accepting their per' [...]
State Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, joined the crowded GOP race for 1st Congressional District this afternoon, and said eight current legislators will chair his campaign.
That list includes Rep. Ken Roberts, a Donnelly Republican who was a congressional candidate before dropping out of the race last fall.
"The Idaho 1st district is" [...]
Gov. Butch Otter holds his first public bill-signing ceremony of the session Wednesday, for the "Idaho Health Freedom Act."
BOISE — Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health reforms that force [...]
OLYMPIA -- Republican leaders of both house in the Legislature showed clear frustration with the pace -- or lack of it -- thus far in the special session.
A few minutes after the state Senate recessed for the day, GOP leaders in the House and Senate held their weekly "sit down" [...]
Update: too late.
The House passed it this morning, after rejecting the proposal to amend it to remove the end-of-life care provision. Close enough to a straight party-line vote, 51-18.
The Idaho Senate has passed, and the House is on its third reading of the so-called [...]
President Obama is predicting that Florida State will beat Gonzaga in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Obama released his NCAA picks today. He also expects Michigan State and Texas A & M to make it out of Spokane into the Sweet Sixteen.
He says Kansas will beat Kentucky in [...]
This just in: Retiring Boise School District Superintendent Stan Olson will challenge state schools superintendent Tom Luna in November.
Olson will run as a Democrat. He will announce his candidacy Thursday at Grace Jordan Elementary School.
“I have an almost 40-year track-record of partnership and accomplishment in education at every level,” [...]
Benewah County Sheriff Bob Kirts, left, greets Rep. Mack Shirley, R-Rexburg, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, after the committee on Wednesday agreed to hold the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's law enforcement legislation due to a new cross-deputization agreement between the tribe and Benewah County
Benewah County and the [...]
POST FALLS - After seeing her Italian restaurant come to life during the recession, Tina-Marie Schultz believes it's time to celebrate with those in need.
She's planning a free meal in honor of St. Joseph's Day on Sunday, March 21, from noon to 3 p.m. at her Rosa's Italian Market and [...]
Thanks to the generosity of the Idaho Legislature, voters in November will have a chance to abolish their constitutional right to vote on public debt. Most voters probably won’t be inclined to give up rights they already [...]
Rogers
"...Rogers – who has played guitar for big names in the country music business, including Merle Haggard and George Jones – left northwestern Montana’s Flathead region on Thursday to make a trip to Calder, Idaho. He decided to take the remote Gold Creek Road across the Bitterroot Mountains, a route" [...]
All four members of the House GOP leadership will apparently seek re-election.
Majority Caucus Chairman Ken Roberts of Donnelly filed for a sixth term this morning, and House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, told the Statesman's Brian Murphy that he plans to run for an eighth term.
Roberts will face an opponent [...]
Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, keeps a well-highlighted printout of the U.S. Constitution on his desk in his state Capitol basement cubicle. The third-term Idaho lawmaker has proposed a dozen bills so far this session, his busiest session yet.
COEUR d'ALENE - By next year, Idaho taxpayers might be able to go' [...]
Former Post Falls police chief Cliff Hayes has filed as a Republican to take on long-time Demo County Clerk Dan English. Hayes, of Post Falls, filed today. Fred Ostermeyer is his treasurer. Clerk English has filed for e-election. In other county courthouse filings today, Commissioner Rick Currie filed for re-election. [...]
Mountain View Elementary third-grader Jenna Whitfield listens to her teacher explain the importance of the 2010 census during a field trip to visit the 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour.
Ryan Eaton visited the Coeur d’Alene Public Library on Tuesday afternoon during a school field trip to learn more about [...]
OLYMPIA--The Special Session goes into Day 3 with floor, with more than the usual amount of green shirts, blouses and ties on display, and some very bad attempts at an Irish brogue. Some St. Patrick's Day banter is being mixed in with fairly routine morning business, but more serious debate [...]
Shown from the entrance, the Idaho Correctional Center is a privately run but state-owned prison south of Boise.
Inmate numbers rose in Idaho, 22 other states
NEW YORK – Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new [...]
Shanna Michel, center, piles out of Carol Yamamoto's 1960 Buick to help push it in the St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 in downtown Spokane. The car was carrying members of the "Red Hat Honeys".
You write the cutline.
[...]OLYMPIA -- Secretary of State Sam Reed will have cancer surgery Monday in Seattle, his office announced this morning. He's expected to return to work after a brief recovery period.
Reed, 69, was diagnosed recently with the early stages of kidney cancer: "Thanks to early detection and diagnosis, my doctors" [...]
At Wired.com the Geek Dad has composed a list of the top 10 annoying habits of a geeky spouse. (His wife helped). Alas, for poor John Austin punning topped the list.
Others include:
2. Using “frak,” or Klingon, or both, instead of regular swear words3. Weird or over-the-top ways of celebrating [...]House Speaker Nancy Pelosi huddles with Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, during a news conference Tuesday.
Play nicely.
[...]If you hate grizzly bears and resent how they are being coddled by environmentalists then I have a web site for you.
No More Grizzlies says that bears hate us and will destroy our cities if we don’t do something about it. It says on its website it is dedicated [...]
LOS ANGELES – Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O’Brien back to late night.
Key Fox executives, including Rupert Murdoch, are on board with the plan and would like to finalize a deal in coming weeks so they can make a splash on May 17 when the network unveils its [...]
Our letter saying the Census was coming (my goodness, was that really necessary?) arrived last week, and yesterday, the actual document. The cover page is dated March 15, 2010, so the delivery was smooth as silk. In bold letters, end of first paragraph, Please complete and mail back the [...]
I hate being pinched so don't even think about it. I planned ahead and had shamrocks painted on my fingernails. I'm good.
My 4th-grader will be jigging and having scones and tea at school today. But I'll celebrate by watching my 17-year-old play in Mt. Spokane's first league soccer game of [...]
Bison, including these shown Friday on Ted Turner's Flying D Ranch south of Bozeman, are back in demand as a beef alternative.Associated Press
Adult female bison don’t take kindly to traditional pregnancy tests.
The test, known as “rectal palpation,” involves a veterinarian inserting a gloved arm to feel for thickening in the [...]
WASHINGTON — Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday.
The bipartisan 68-29 vote in the Senate sends the legislation to the White House, where President Barack Obama has promised to sign it into law.
It will be [...]
Iditarod winner Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after reaching the finish in Nome, Alaska, on Wednesday.
NOME, Alaska – Lance Mackey won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday to become the first musher in the event's 38-year history to win four [...]
President Barack Obama gestures as he argues for health care reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.
CLEVELAND – A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she [...]
In case you missed it, here's my response to a good question posed last night by "straighttalk:" Who are the legislators who haven't filed for re-election?
It's a short list, only 15 of 105 legislators. But a number of heavy hitters on the list. I have tried to fill in as' [...]
Washington, DC (Satire)-Realizing that the Slaughter Rule may be too controversial to obtain 216 votes, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership are proposing a rarely used procedure known as the “Hidden Gavel Trick” combined with the “Reverse Roll Call.”
Under the Hidden Gavel Trick, the U.S. House will not meet [...]
