Bard: A Debt Ceiling Prediction 5
The times are tough, the times are hard: they won’t cut up the credit card. The Bard of Sherman Avenue (Cartoon: Nick Anderson/Houston Chronicle)
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011
Otter Loses Revenue Bet To Andrus 7
The final numbers are in, and Idaho ended the fiscal year well ahead of projections for state tax revenues - $85.3 million ahead of the January projection. That means public schools will get an additional $59.9 million. Gov. Butch Otter said the final figures should…
Idaho Falls: Don't Mess w/Our Taters 1
Folks can say pretty much whatever they want about Idaho and the people who live here. Call us rednecks and we'll shrug our shoulders. Confuse us with Iowa and we'll chuckle. Heck, a stranger can even insinuate that we're a bunch of bigots plotting to…
Diector: Where Would Fresh Start Go? 10
Howard Martinson has a question for the city of Coeur d'Alene. If Fresh Start, the homeless center of which he is executive director, was forced to move and ended up closing, where would its clients go? Where would they shower, use the bathroom or make…
AM Headlines -- 7.12.11
Actors center left, Elisha Gunn, Cherry Ann Coballes and Kaaren Parker(CQ 2As) worked with the film crew from North by Northwest on a commercial at Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel on Thursday. Although it had no legislative enemies, Washington state's film-promotion department got the axe…
'Sister Wives' To Challenge Bigamy Law 28
A polygamous family made famous by the reality TV show "Sister Wives" plans to challenge the Utah bigamy law that makes their lifestyle illegal, a Washington-based attorney said Tuesday. In an email to The Associated Press, attorney Jonathan Turley said he will file the lawsuit…
Jeanie: Trade My Soul For Lake Place 8
JeanieSpokane (re: "Lake places need lots of work"): Even with all the work involved, I would trade my soul for a lake place. I long for a lake. I keen for a lake. I ache for a lake. i want to sit on the dock…
2nd Luna Recall Drive To Launch 2
Comedian Ron "Pete" Peterson, who finished fourth with 5 percent of the vote in the 2010 GOP primary, says he's organizing another run at removing Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna from office. Peterson, of Boise, was a key player in the effort that…
Discord Greets CdA School Board 12
Item: Trustees dispute validity of board: New officials: Declaration of vacancy was illegal/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The first regular meeting of the newly formed Coeur d'Alene School District Board of Trustees was marked by discord. Tom Hamilton and Terri Seymour, who were…
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