House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, an occasional Huckleberries Online commenter, talks with House Ways and Means Chairwoman Christy Perry, R-Nampa, after presenting a new bill Wednesday. Idaho Republican leaders announced a change of course Wednesday and approved the introduction of a bill that would include sexual orientation and gender identity protections in the state's Human Rights Act. Eye on Boise story here. (Idaho Statesman/AP photo: Darin Oswald)

• Idaho Records/Coeur d'Alene Press
• Annual MLKJr program Monday/Press
• Water supply outlook off to good start/Statesman
• IEN audit raises troubling questions/Eye on Boise
• Schweitzer visitors escape rollover/Keith Kinnaird, Bee
• Sandpoint planning director leaving post/Keith Hughes, Bee
• John Blanchette: Tinkle, Kent mold surprises in Pac-12/SR
• A Grip on Sports: WSU out-of-blue hire may be golden/SportsLink

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