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8 myths re: covering Idaho’s uninsured

With a legislative interim committee set to gather this summer to examine solutions for Idaho’s health insurance coverage gap, posts Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise, the Idaho Statesman over the weekend did some myth-busting, examining “eight myths about covering the uninsured in Idaho”
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AM Headlines — 7.11.16

AM Headlines: New Idaho law targets stalkers/Press, Idaho sales tax ranks 37th in USA/EOB, Chief: 6 critical steps for safer town/Press, Local residents react to Dallas ambush/Press, Work begins of Columbia River fishing deal/EOB, WSP trooper allegedly punched during stop/KXLY, Thankful citizens treat PFPD officers to breakfast/KHQ ...
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Poll: We’ll get through this

In the weekend poll, a bare majority of Hucks Nation said this divided country will survive this turbulent of internal violence without nationwide upheaval. Today's Poll: Should Idaho change its law that prevents residents older than 62 from buying and extended 8-year driver's license?
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Trib: Teaching shortage now famine

In a weekend editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments that Idaho's teaching shortage has become a teaching famine. The difference? "When there's a shortage, a school might have a shallow pool of applicants. With a famine, there are no applicants at all."
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Idaho 9th in lowest wage earners

Idaho, which not long ago ranked first in the nation for the percentage of its workers earning minimum wage or less, ranked 9th in 2015, the same ranking it held in 2014. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 15,000 of Idaho’s 458,000 hourly wage workers earned exactly $7.25 an hour in 2015, while another 6,000 earned less.
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STCU robbery suspect now in jail

A man who was shot multiple times while allegedly trying to rob a Spokane Valley credit union was released from the hospital and booked into jail over the weekend. The Spokane County Jail’s inmate roster shows Jeremy D. John, 44, was incarcerated Saturday afternoon on a first-degree robbery charge.
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Julyamsh coming to Lake City

After a two-year absence, the dancing, drumming, singing and ornate regalia of Julyamsh will return next week at the county’s 83-acre fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene. “For me, and I’m sure for a lot of elders and people in our tribe, this is going to be a historic moment for us," said Coeur d'Alene Tribe official Quanah Matheson.
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SR: Divisive culture blocks healing

On Sunday, The Spokesman-Review commented how little facts matter any more in a society that's willing to believe the latest Facebook posting: "Even before this horrible week, it had become increasingly difficult to engage in a civil discussion on any political topic. The premise of every discussion is challenged, because the facts are fungible."
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Hucks: Idaho license rules ageist

A funny thing happened to Councilman Dan English of Coeur d'Alene at the driver's license bureau recently. The long wait wasn't the funny thing. That happens to most applicants. We expect it. But Dan was surprised to see that, at 62-plus, he no longer can pay extra to receive a driver's license good for 8 years. Sunday Huckleberries column below.
Opinion >  Column

Huckleberries: Idaho’s driver’s license rules ageist

Councilman Dan English of Coeur d’Alene consoled himself last week while waiting and waiting – and waiting –for his turn to renew his driver’s license. At least, Dan thought, he would pay extra and receive a license that was good for eight years, instead of four. But that’s an option in Idaho only if you’re under age 62. Dan no longer is. So, like a teenager getting his first license, Dan was rewarded for his long wait with a four-year one. “I hope some ‘seasoned’ legislator is reading this and plans to right this (wrong) next session,” lamented Dan on his Facebook wall afterward. “Haven’t they heard that the sixties are the new forties?” No, but we now know that for those 62 and up four is the new eight at the DMV. Also tired of waiting
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Parting Shot — 7.8.16

Kelsey Fedorchak, 24, of Davenport, Iowa stands on the Centennial Bridge with her sign in response to the civilian and police officer shootings this week, Friday in Davenport, Iowa.
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TGIF Wild Card — 7.8.16

I'm trying to think of a question for today's poll that relates to the horrible events in Dallas last night. But I've come up empty. Any ideas? Here's your Wild Card ...
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PM Scanner Traffic — 7.8.16

Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 11 more links) includes report of customer throwing employee to the ground at the boat storage of Tobler's Marina on Hayden Lake ...
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Cutline Contest — 7.8.16

The Cutline Contest today features a San Fermin fiestas reveler who decided to take a selfie with a brave cow in the bullring -- and got tossed. Thursday Winner: DFO.
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Sara: We need to come together

Commenter Sara Meyer: "People died this week, those people had families and friends. Instead of turning on each other and typing insults we should be looking for ways that as a community and nation we can come together to stop these senseless acts of violence."
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Mayor’s message re: Dallas killings

Mayor Steve Widmyer sent this message to all employees this morning in response to the tragedy in Dallas. It said, in part: "I wish I had an answer on how to stop the senseless violence. Unfortunately there isn't one answer. But maybe we can start in our community by promoting the message that we care and support everyone."
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Deaths of officers, black men pain Spokane NAACP leader

On Wednesday, Phillip Tyler posted a video expressing his pain and anger at the shooting of a black man by law enforcement in Baton Rouge. On Thursday, Tyler, the president of Spokane’s NAACP chapter, was expressing pain and anger again at the deaths of officers in Dallas during a protest of the recent police-related shootings of two black men.
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Blogosphere — 7.8.16

North Idaho Blog roundup: Gone fishing/Outdoors, Gray, rainy day/Bay Views, Beers on the beach/On Tap, 3 dog night gone bad/Slight Detour, There ought to be clowns/Fort Boise, This 'Demon' is nothing like neon/7 Blog, Age is just a number -- or a memory/Grip, How do you explain hatred?/Faithful Geek ...
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City to change drug test policies

"Drug tests for all new city employees are a thing of the past. The Coeur d’Alene City Council decided this week that across-the-board drug screening is no longer required for prospective new hires, but certain positions will still require pre-screening," reports the Coeur d'Alene Press. (Q: Did you take a drug test for your current job?)
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Suspect: ‘Upset at white people’

A military veteran (Micah Johnson) who said his goal was to kill white police officers opened fire Thursday night in downtown Dallas, leaving five officers dead and seven wounded before the police killed him with a remote-controlled explosive delivered by a robot, officials said.
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10 states sue over restroom rules

Ten states sued the federal government Friday over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms conforming to their gender identity. The suit filed in Nebraska and included nine other states: Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming.
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A return to the ‘60s?

My generation survived -- and was changed by -- the 1960s and early 1970s. I've heard several mention in wake of the murders of the Dallas police officers that we are entering another period in this country similar to the 1960s. Question: How is our current turbulence/violence similar/different than the 1960s?
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Addis sells dealership to Parker

Mike Patrick, CdA Press, reports: "An era of Hawaiian shirts, khaki shorts and Ford sales is about to end. The Ford sales will go on, but after 30 years handing keys to customers at Lake City Ford — usually decked out in flowery shirts and comfortable shorts, no matter how deep the snow was — Tom Addis is selling the dealership to Jim Parker."