Shahram Hadian, the anti-Islam pastor at the center of the Child Support services storm in the Idaho Legislature, will speak to the Bonner County Republican Women on "Unveiling True Face of Islan: A Wake Up Call for the World." The event is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Sandpoint Community Hall. Cost of the event is $5 per person.
Idaho has received its formal, 60-day notice from the federal government that it will lose $16 million in child-support enforcement funds if Idaho doesn’t bring its system into compliance with federal rules within 60 days. Idaho Public TV reporter Melissa Davlin reported on her blog…
A group of four investors has purchased the bulk of the former Coldwater Creek corporate campus in the city of Kootenai near Sandpoint. Lew Patrick, who owns Sandpoint Storage and Patrick Properties, formed the investment group, L3M, LLC. The purchase from CWC Creditors’ Liquidating Trust…
Organizers of the 2015 Coeur d’Alene Silver Cup unlimited hydroplane race announced they have postponed the event scheduled for July and are now planning a 2016 event instead. Keith Allen, vice president and race director, said more time is needed to raise money for the…
PM Scanner Traffic (13 items, so far) includes warning by Kerri Thoreson re: the penalty you face if, like the guy in the red pickup above, you decide to avoid traffic jam, caused by construction on e/b I-90 in Post Falls, by crossing over freeway median.
In an editorial, the Twin Falls Times News comments that Idaho legislators are the real threat to Idaho, not Sharia law: "It’s no secret the Republican Party in Idaho is a fractured mess, but if you needed any more evidence, the middle-of-the-night fiasco over a child-support bill that capped the legislative session last week is perfect proof."
And yet another Idaho newspaper calls for Gov. Butch Otter to step in and fix the mess created by the 9 ideologues on the Idaho House Judiciary & Rules Committee. The Idaho Statesman is asking for a special session to overturn the 9-8 vote that killed the important Child Support services bill in committee. Is Butch getting the message?
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch both joined the majority in a 92-8 vote in the Senate last night to pass H.R. 2, legislation to permanently take care of the “doc fix” Congress has annually been passing on Medicare reimbursement rates, and also provide…
Idaho Records/Coeur d'Alene Press Stolen valor: Fake Marine accused of rape/Press Bids for new Post Falls school to be requested/Press Bonner County calls for public review of bridge proposal/Bee
... Just for the sake of arguments, does anyone know what it would take to recall an Idaho legislator?
Last night, Taryn Thompson received a call from a family friend who challenged her support of the Child Support bill that was torpedoed by the House Judiciary & Rules Committee last Friday. The friend wondered if she was afraid that she'd lose child support payment from her ex, if the irresponsible committee vote held up. Taryn provides her reply.
Tuesday Poll: Half of Hucks Nation wants Gov. Otter to veto the $95 million road bill that taps into general fund (schools, welfare, etc.) for funding. An exact 69 of 138 respondents (50%) want Otter to veto the bill. 65 of 138 respondents (47.1%) want…
Tongue firmly cheeked, Huckleberries Online proposes its first legislation -- ever -- to limit the number of Idaho Panhandle Tea Party representatives from serving together on the same legislative committees.
The Editorial Board of the Spokesman-Review agrees with its counterpart at the Coeur d'Alene Press -- Gov. Otter should call a special session of the Idaho Legislature to undo the mess created by Nuxoll, Sims, Cheatham & Co. in the Idaho House Judiciary & Rules Committee. Will common sense prevail? Or will the Tea Party have the last say?
Two days after his owner was killed in a crash near Hauser, a chihuahua named Uno Solo was found in the mangled wreckage of the van towed to an impound lot. A deputy was following up on the wreck when he found the dog in the 1995 Aerostar. Now Uno Solo needs a home. Anyone out there who might provide one?
Seems the phrase "Sharia law" now makes Idaho legislators tremble & froth as much as the phrase "federal gummint." Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase writes of the meltdown caused when state Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, persuaded 9 members of the House Judiciary & Rules Committee to abandon reason and vote against Idaho's children.
A Christian pastor who was formerly Muslim said he convinced a handful of legislators to table a child support bill, possibly costing Idaho $46 million in federal funding. "I was down there when the bill passed the Senate," said Shahram Hadian, pastor at the Truth...
Jeff Canfield assists Councilman Kiki Miller with the fitting of firefighter gear Monday at Fire Station No. 3 in Coeur d’Alene. Miller will be attending the Boise FireOps 101 course which will put her in the shoes of a firefighter so she can better understand…
In an editorial this morning, the Coeur d'Alene Press is asking Gov. Butch Otter to call the Legislature back into special session. You know why -- to fix the mess created by the ideological House Judiciary & Rules Committee in voting 9-8 against the Child Support services bill. Question: Do you think Gov. Otter will do so?
Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, discusses the decision by state Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, not to buck his party in the floor procedural vote following the House Judiciary & Rules debacle Friday. Quoth John: "Luke worked to try to reverse the dumb committee vote. His [Click and drag to move] House leadership is to blame."
I still haven't recovered from that irresponsible vote by state Rep. Kathy Sims & Co. that KO'd the Child Support services bill in the House Judiciary & Rules Committee. Nor am I confident that Gov. Butch Otter will do the right thing and call a...
Fernan Elementary 1st graders Aria Vanway, left and Aaliya Ross, right held hands during Run for Fun at the school in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. Students run during recess three times a week throughout the six-week program designed to encourage them to stay fit and…
PM Scanner Traffic today (25 items + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes group of men who have invaded Costco Monday evening & today to stand around service counters and not buy anything ...
We actually have 4 seasons in Idaho: winter, not winter, road construction, and the silly season (that slog of foul weather emanating from the Capital between January and whenever the last wheel falls off the clown car) -- Uncle Bob.
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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