For the first time in I don't know how long, the Legislature is in the process of making it easier to vote in Idaho. The Idaho Senate unanimously passed legislation that would allow online voter registration. It's a dollars & cents matter. It costs the state 83 cents to register a voter on paper, about 3 cents to do so online.
In Tuesday's Poll, 82% of Hucks Nation said that the Idaho GOPresidential primary next Tuesday will have little or no meaning for the state or the national political scene. Today's Poll: Now that the Sun Belt is not an option after 2017, what should Idaho do with its football program?
In AM Headlines today, environmentalists are asking the Washington Ecology Dept to adopt higher summer stream flows for the Spokane River. Also: Kootenai Health expansion far from over/Press, Hecla sets meetings on Rock Creek Mine/Outdoor, Community 1st Bank buys KXLY building/Press & Budget panel OKs crisis centers for Boise, Twin Falls/EOB ...
It is past time that the UIdaho acknowledges reality and stops chasing the holy grail of FBS football, columnizes John Blanchette/SR. The Vandal football team just got rejected by the Sun Belt Conference in favor of Coastal Carolina. Rather than look for other options, it's time for the football team to join other UI sports in the Big Sky.
"Remember something - we've survived presidential impeachments, assassinations, sex scandals, corruption, war, pestilence, and even the movie Ishtar. We'll survive this primary season. Ah, who am I kidding... we're all screwed. Screwed I say - SCREWED!!"
A statue of Jesus that has spent more than 60 years overlooking a northwestern Montana ski hill is there to stay as an anti-religion group says it will not appeal their case for its removal. In August, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that placing the statue on USFS land violates the separation of church and state.
In a column for the Lewiston Tribune, Chris Carlson/The Carlson Chronicles comments that Idaho spent $2 million in taxpayers dollars so state Republicans could pick between two candidates -- frontrunner Donald Trump and his main challenger, state Sen. Ted Cruz. The GOPrimary will be next week.
In his Wedneday edit, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments that state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, picked a poor time to try to kill the Idaho Women's Commission. She was upstaged by state Rep. Pete Nielsen of Mountain Home, who dished out the latest doest of "toxic paternalism: that Idaho women have had to endure.
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton swept through the South on Super Tuesday, claiming victory in their parties’ primaries in delegate-rich Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia. The front-runners appeared ever more likely to end up in a general election showdown. (Q: Are you ready for Hillary versus The Donald?)
John Green has announced his candidacy for the Kootenai County Republican primary in spring. In his announcement, Green talks about his experience in law enforcement, although he combines his time as a patrolman, detective and sergeant with his experience as an attorney. So it's hard to tell how much actual police experience he has.
A longstanding lawsuit against the city of Hayden for its sewer capitalization fees has been resolved in favor of the North Idaho Building Contractors Association. The association will now pursue refunds on behalf of those who paid the “illegal fees.”
I'm back from a two-day, mini-vacay in which I helped my two Kootenai County sibs host my brother and sister-in-law who were visiting from central California. The respite paved the way for Super Sub Taryn to test-drive the controls of Huckleberries Online. Taryn did a superb job.
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., wears cowboy boots during a rally at Liberty Plaza in Atlanta on Saturday.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, battling for delgate victories in Super Tuesday voting, plans to visit North Idaho on Saturday, according to his campaign’s state director. Norm Semanko said he received “official word from the Cruz Campaign” that the Republican presidential hopeful will appear that afternoon at the North Idaho Fairgrounds.
Donald Trump has been projected as the winner of the GOP presidential primaries in Alabama, Massachusetts and Tennessee, a major boost for the billionaire on a night when Trump hopes to seize control of the GOP race. ... In the Democratic race, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton seemed poised to dominate in many of the Super Tuesday states.
The Cutline Contest today features cleaning operations for Michelangelo's famous statue of David in Florence, Italy. We haven't had a Cutline Contest for several days. So I'll give you the winner of the Cutline Contest from Thursday: JohnA.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (11 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 10 more items) includes successful search for 10YO girl who left Canfield Middle School grounds ...
A roundup of Eye on Boise posts today begins with the 56-13 House vote in favor of a bill that requires women seeking abortions to be provided with a state-compiled list of providers who give them free ultrasounds.
Leap Day didn't catch The Bard of Sherman Avenue off guard. He offers up his ode to Leap Year in 5 short words. Enjoy
My visiting brother, Ed, and I checked out the new Starbucks in Ironwood Square, across from Shopko. I liked it. I'll go back. First, it's roomier than the now vacant spot next to Super Cuts in the Albertson's strip mall to the south. Starbucks has moved into the old brick Schlotzky's sandwich shop on the north side of the Ironwood Square lot.
Fort Boise points us to an op-ed in the New York Times by Peter Wehner that asks, "What Wouldn't Jesus Do?" Among other things, Wehner sez, Jesus wouldn't vote for Donald Trump (if He voted). And he can't understand why Evangelicals are smitten by him (excluding the host Evangelical of this blog who can't understand Passion for the Trump either).
The daily roundup of posts from the Huckleberries Online blogosphere includes: 2 sides/Faithful Geek, Smart car/Simple Mind, Dumbfounding/Fort Boise, Leapin' & hopin'/Slight Detour, From a podcast/Randy Stapilus, Your weekly (pub) planner/On Tap, Boys behaving badly/Dogwalk Musings, March came in like which animal?/Slice ...
In a news release today, Paul Amador of Coeur d'Alene announced plans to run for state Rep. Kathy Sims' House District 4B seat: Paul Amador (R) will formally announce his candidacy for House Seat 4B (currently held by state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene), at...
A collection of letters, photographs and autographs from World War II aviators, from the famous as well as unsung flyboys, sets apart a Spokane woman's hobby from most others. Jill Chandler has been compiling her collection since she graduated from Newport High in 1982. SR columnist Doug Clark writes about the collection today.
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
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