Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls, second from left, speaks out at a legislative task force meeting on Tuesday, where he and other lawmakers decided to wait a year before shifting gas tax money away from the state parks department and the Idaho State Police. At left is Sen. Diane Bilyeu, D-Pocatello; second from right is Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, and at right is Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert. Betsy Russell, who snapped this photo, published a number of posts re: budget action today in Eye On Boise here.

• Idaho wolf kill count reaches 15/KHQ
• Valley Christian coaches meet w/Washtucna player/KHQ
• Washington law to protect athletes from concussions/KREM
• More women hunt, seeking food, togetherness/NPR
• INB bank branch robbed at gunpoint/SR
• Spokane Shock joins new Arena Football 1 league/Jim Meehan, SR
• Ex-aide: Cable hit me, broke jaw/Contra Costa Times
• Idaho's top police trainer placed on leave/AP
• After 44 years, Idaho officer's remains return home/Statesman
• A germ of good economic news for Idaho/Eye On Boise
• E. coli bacteria found in outlying Priest River water/Bonner County Bee
• 3 Mullan residents recovering after rollover/Shoshone News-Press