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• Idaho’s Labrador forms tea party bloc

  April 19, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A5 WASHINGTON – Freshman Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador, dissatisfied with news coverage dominated by the top members of the House of Representatives, has put together a group of tea party-backed freshmen … 9

• Spin Control: Math, civics pointers for the Occupy folks

  December 4, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – It may be pointless to offer advice that hasn’t been requested, but should some leader of the Occupy movement ask I’d be happy to give it. This assumes, … 3

• Spin Control: Consistency in the eye of the beholder

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B7 OLYMPIA – As the news media lurches between ignoring and overexposing the Occupy Wall Street/Spokane/Seattle/ Everywhere movement, is it too much to ask for the pontificators to show a little … 3

• Key tea partyer on public payroll

  October 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 BOISE – In the conservative crucible of Idaho’s far north, a tea party leader aiming to slim down government has a new title: government employee. Pam Stout, a tea party … 8

• Idaho tea party leader lands government job

  October 14, 2011 in Idaho In the conservative crucible of Idaho’s far north, a tea party leader aiming to slim down government has a new title: Government worker. 21

• Tea party tiger now riding the GOP on debt bill

  July 29, 2011 in Nation/World House Republicans rode the tea party tiger to power last fall. Now it’s turning on them, forcing party leaders to endure embarrassing delays and unwanted revisions to crucial debt-ceiling legislation. 6

• Tea party targets schools for ‘Constitution Week’

  May 25, 2011 in News, City, Idaho America’s kids will be learning about the U.S. Constitution this coming school year with help from a decidedly conservative Idaho publishing house, if a tea party group gets its way. 66

• Unusual bills come to statehouses after shift toward tea party

  May 22, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – It wasn’t just in Idaho that state lawmakers ventured onto unusual ground this year, attempting to unilaterally nullify a federal law, debating allowing guns on college campuses and … 87

• Idaho voters against repeal of 17th Amendment

  September 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Idahoans are dead-set against handing over selection of U.S. senators to the state Legislature, and Idaho Republicans are even more against the idea than Democrats or the state … 6

• Expert cites tea party in Idaho poll’s divide

    September 21, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s 16-point lead over Democrat Keith Allred masks weaknesses that show the race is far from over. Otter leads Allred 45 percent to 29 percent in a … 1

• Statewide poll finds tea party strongest in east

  September 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 As she watches her family struggle through the recession, retired nurse Linda Durant says she is “absolutely fed up” with government. The Spokane Valley resident blames George W. Bush and … 17

• Miss Manners: Tea time is not about politics nor gulp-’n’-go beverage

  September 13, 2010 in Features on Page C7 DEAR MISS MANNERS: Tea gatherings are becoming more popular, and I would like to plan a tea party. I have only attended one and would like to learn how to …

• Beck says US has ‘wandered in darkness’ too long

  August 28, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck told the tens of thousands of activists he drew from around the nation Saturday that the … 45

• Rossi still disputes job-saving measure

  August 5, 2010 in City, Region Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi, in Vancouver to speak to the local Tea Party organization, said he still opposes a $26 billion bill pushed toward passage by his Democratic … 51

• Holiday celebrations run the gamut

  July 4, 2010 in City, Idaho The Fourth of July is more about duty than barbecues and fireworks – at least to many who celebrated on Sunday.

• Tea party candidates giving GOP a headache

  June 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – The Republican Party is enjoying a burst of raw enthusiasm among rank-and-file conservatives that has shot some relatively little-known candidates straight into the national spotlight – stirring concern …

• Tea party in the park

    April 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 There may be plenty of disagreement in political rallies of thousands, but Oakesdale resident Ken Hanson’s opinion on taxes is one that was nearly universal at Thursday’s Tea Party gathering … 54

• Tea supporters turn out for a party

    April 15, 2010 in City There may be plenty of disagreement in political rallies of thousands, but Oakesdale resident Ken Hanson’s opinion on taxes is one that was nearly universal at Thursday’s Tea Party gathering … 60

• Tea Party rallies on tax day across Washington

    April 15, 2010 in Region Thousands of smaller-government activists flocked to rallies around the state Thursday as part of national tax-day protests united under the banner of the tea party movement. 2

• Editorial: Tea party crashing has big backfire potential

  April 15, 2010 in Opinion on Page A13 As tea partiers rally outside the Spokane Convention Center this afternoon, there might be puerile pretenders in their midst hoping to spread embarrassment to the movement. Jason Levin, an Oregon … 9

• Otter coming to Spokane tax day rally

  April 13, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 When the Tea Party of Spokane holds its first-anniversary celebration and rally at the Spokane Convention Center on Thursday – tax day – its lead speaker will be Idaho Gov. … 1

• Sandpoint woman represents best face of tea party movement

  April 9, 2010 in City on Page A5 Pam Stout is not what you might expect from the most famous tea partier in the land. She talks proudly of helping people through a couple social programs she worked … 12

• Tea Party rallies in Yakima

  March 17, 2010 in Region Members of the Tea Party in Yakima exhorted some 100 sympathetic listeners Tuesday night to take the nascent movement beyond sign waving and outrage to become a bona fide force … 18

• Lawmakers tout states’ rights

  January 15, 2010 in City on Page A11 OLYMPIA – The time has come for people who believe in states’ rights to move from protest to political action, a Spokane Valley legislator told a crowd on the steps … 3

• 200 gather for Tea Party, Part II

  July 4, 2009 in City About 200 local residents celebrated Independence Day by attending a Tea Party rally at Plantes Ferry Park. Speakers denounced the federal government’s economic policies and growing deficit. The proposed “Community …

• Tax critics to rally again

  June 27, 2009 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Encouraged by the large turnout this spring at anti-tax rallies, critics of government spending are planning a new round of demonstrations July 4. Events are planned in more …