HBO’s Best Of The INW — 4/2/09

Shannon Brattebo poses to show how she would place a phosphate free dishwasher detergent tablet into a dishwasher in Spokane recently. Dishwasher detergents containing phosphates have been banned in Spokane County since July 2008. Brattebo, as secretary of Washington State Lake Protection Association, was a prime mover of the ban. “I’m not hearing a lot of positive feedback,” she conceded . “I think people are driving to Idaho. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

• Cartoon: Government Motors’ top salesman /David Horsey, P-I
• Bennett: ‘I’m sure there are a lot of hurt feelings’/ Vince Grippi, SR
• Caldwell mulls mandatory uniforms for students /Tabitha Keily, Idaho Press Tribune
• Coeur d’Alene, Spokane rank high on ‘Misery Index’/ Huckleberries Online
• Idaho colleges want 5% to 9.3% fee increases /Associated Press
• Elaborate April Fool’s prank has Lewiston buzzing /Peggy Hayden, Lewiston Tribune
• North Idaho ammo maker looks to fill 70 to 80 jobs /Lewiston Tribune
• Pilot in tragic Montana plane crash asked to divert /Associated Press
• Orbusmax Special: Seattle P-I’s online traffic drops somewhat here .