House Democrats have issued a statement critical of new legislation introduced this morning by Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, to exempt lawmakers’ emails and other communications from the Idaho Public Records Act.
All emails, texts and other communications between members of the Idaho Legislature would be considered private and blocked from public disclosure under a proposal introduced Wednesday. The measure, sponsored by Vito Barbieri, would create a massive change to the Idaho Public Records Act. Kimberlee Kruesi/AP reports ...
Reviewer Carolyn Lamberson says of the "Kinky Boots" performance that opened Tuesday night at Spokane's INB Performing Arts Center: "The show is endearing, lively, funny, sweet and charming. The songs, written by 1980s pop icon Cyndi Lauper, are bouncy. The costumes are to die for. And those boots! They are the very definition of fabulous."
It appears that Searcher is the first to catch something going on behind the scenes at the SR today. Comments she: "Is it just my computer, or did you change the headline font? Either way, I like it." Indeed, we're rolling out a new sr.com web site. I was surprised to see the new blog headline type face.
Rep. Ron Nate won the House Education Committee’s blessing to introduce a new bill Wednesday that encourages schools to create gun safety courses, Idaho Education News reports. The panel voted to introduce the bill from Nate, R-Rexburg, with just one dissenting vote. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports ...
Tommy Ahlquist launched his Republican campaign for governor today, addressing close to 400 people closely crowded into the 17th-floor conference room of the Zions Bank building in downtown Boise, which Ahlquist’s company built. Ahlquist was introduced by three-time Olympic gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong.
You're not the only one who is confused by that wild configuration of directional signs at Seltice Way and Highway 41. Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, was, too. Here's a ditty from his book that I'd forgotten.
Huckleberries Past today focuses on the 1989 Leadership Coeur d'Alene class. For the first time, that year, Leadership Coeur d'Alene had more females than males. In my Class of 1985, the first one ever for Leadership Coeur d'Alene, there were only 4 women.
U.S. equities surged to all-time highs Wednesday, the major indexes posting their best day of the year, on the back of President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, one of the few celebrities whose political endorsement actually meant something (see “the Oprah Effect” of 2008), is now toying with a presidential bid of her own, reports the Washington Post. Q: Would you like to see a 2020 presidential race between Oprah Winfrey & Donald Trump?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (10 items & counting) includes moose calf that wandered onto I-90 at Wolf Lodge Bay ...
Washington ranked far better than Idaho in the Best States Rankings, offered by U.S. News & World Reports. Washington is ranked No. 5 and Idaho No. 32. This, based on 60 different metrics.
AM Headlines: Public Records (March 1)/Press, JFAC OKs $58M road repair bill/EOB, Panel kills lottery secrecy bill/Eye on Boise, Schools chief defends arming staffers/Tribune, Weatherman Sherry makes spring forecast/KREM2, Sign language interpreter bill clears panel/EOBoise, Appeals Court upholds car shooter conviction/Press ...
For Lent, I'm giving up ...
President Trump may have given himself an 'A' for his performance over the first 5+ weeks in office. But exactly half of Hucks Nation gave him an 'F' in Tuesday's poll. Today's Poll: State Rep Vito Barbieri wants to exemp legislators' emails from public disclosure. Do you support/oppose this bill?
Congrats, @RepRyanZinke. Glad that a Westerner will be at the helm of the @Interior Department -- Sen. Jim Risch (@SenatorRisch).
Local school officials are happy with the Idaho Legislature’s proposed a $100 million funding increase to the state’s public schools budget, which includes $62 million to fund the third year of the career ladder for teachers. Bethany Blitz/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
For school districts across Idaho, a $709 million election day looms. At least 45 of Idaho’s 115 school districts will seek bond issues, plant facilities levies or supplemental levies on March 14, according to Idaho Education News research.
President Trump, in his first address to a joint session of Congress, defended his tumultuous presidency on Tuesday and said he was eager to reach across party lines and put aside “trivial fights” to help ordinary Americans. The New York Times reports ...
In Huckleberries Wednesday, we visit Suzy the Elk who was left behind at the old Coeur d'Alene Wapiti Elk Ranch @ H95/Rockford Bay Road when the herd was sold to L III Ranches of Blanchard. Her owner says Suzy is in better shape today than she has been for awhile.
Despite slipping on a banana peel as it tried to finish the regular season 30-0, the Gonzaga Bulldogs still have had a spectacular season. John Blanchette/SR writes today that Coach Mark Few of the Bulldogs should be named coach of the year in NCAA men's basketball.
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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