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Idaho State Veteran’s Home Sponsorship Project 2023
Please join us in supporting our Idaho Veterans with your generous donation to the Kootenai County Democrats’ Idaho State Veteran's Home Sponsorship Project 2023. Our goal is to raise $2,500 by the Fourth of July 2023. Contributing this amount will designate us as a...
DART announces candidate, levy endorsements
DART, Democrats and Republicans Together, released its candidate endorsements for the May 16 elections. “We advocate for sound, civil, and thoughtful community leaders in positions of governance and public service. We have reviewed the candidates’ profiles, their own...
Support these candidates, vital issues
The days of nonpartisan local elections actually being nonpartisan are dead and gone. That’s lamentable, but today’s reality. So what’s a voter to do when important local races are being financed and marketed to sway the masses ever further in one extreme direction or...
ID Veterans’ Home, Post Falls, Accepts Its First Residents
POST FALLS — Walter Robinson likes the coffee at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Post Falls. And yes, that’s a big deal. The other morning, when his wife, Rowena, arrived, she was surprised when he told her he was enjoying a cup of joe. “That’s something I...
Court Reinstates NIC Pres Swayne
COEUR d’ALENE — A Kootenai County judge has ordered North Idaho College to immediately reinstate Nick Swayne as acting president of the college while a lawsuit Swayne filed seeking reinstatement moves through the courts. In a written decision issued late Friday,...
OUR GEM: From the mountains to Our Gem of a lake
Lakes and rivers in Northern Idaho are beautiful and inspire thoughts of recreation on warm summer days. However, these surface waters are also critical to our water supply and rely on one major thing — snow! The Coeur d’Alene-St. Joe Basin, which includes Coeur...
Library allies
Nearly 250 people and counting have joined forces to show their support for libraries in the Community Library Network. The Community Library Network serves Kootenai and western Shoshone counties. Its libraries are in Post Falls, Hayden, Rathdrum, Athol, Harrison,...
Climate and the health of Our Gem
When our temperatures dip below zero, it’s hard to imagine how overall warming temperatures might be impacting our lake. Unfortunately, despite some frigid stretches, Lake Coeur d’Alene is already experiencing increases in temperature that can impact many aspects of...
Idaho Veteran’s SPonsorship Fundraiser
Let’s Support Our Idaho Veterans! In November 2022, Governor Little helped dedicate the beautiful, long-awaited, state-of-the-art Post Falls Idaho Veterans’ Home in Post Falls, one that might become the model for future veterans’ homes anywhere in the United States!...
Hijacking Democracy Symposium
The Hijacking Democracy Symposium takes place at the Red Lion Hotel Templin’s on the River in Post Falls on Saturday, February 25, 2023, from 11 AM-3 PM. This symposium features top local and national speakers addressing how to protect democracy in the face of...
Interim President Added to NIC Lawsuit
COEUR d’ALENE — A previously filed lawsuit now alleges that North Idaho College trustees lacked authority to hire interim president Greg South and that South has received “unjust enrichment” as a result. Mike Gridley, the former city attorney for Coeur d’Alene,...
Obituary for Fred Glienna
A caring, sensitive man, Fred was known and admired for his generosity and kindness. Those qualities, however, did not dilute his stubborn opinions or passionate nature. No, no one would nominate him for canonization, but he did indeed give his heart and support to...
Kootenai Health board OKs transition to nonprofit
CDA Press Photo The Kootenai Health board of trustees on Tuesday approved moving forward with a transition from the district hospital structure to a nonprofit status. The vote was 6-1, with Steve Matheson providing the dissenting vote. Katie Brodie, Kootenai Health...
School levy measures go to voters in March
Coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber President and CEO Linda Coppess on Tuesday called on members to support the Coeur d’Alene School District’s two upcoming levies. It’s about investing in teachers and students, which in turn helps the business community to thrive, she...
OUR GEM: Protecting our greatest resource
One of the greatest treasures North Idaho has to offer is the abundance of surface water and groundwater. As our area continues to develop, effectively managing impacts of wastewater disposal to this precious resource is becoming increasingly important. Although our...
Donations Help Local Food Banks
The KCDCC sends out a big "Thank You" to our community for answering the call to donate to our annual food drive. Because of the tremendous generosity of local folks, KC Dems delivered a total of 1738 pounds of food and over $1800 in cash donations to the Coeur...
New Veterans’ Home in Post Falls Opens
New Post Falls Veterans Home The North Idaho State Veterans Home was unveiled in Post Falls on Friday, 23 years after local veterans began working to bring to the region a nursing facility for men and women who have served the nation. More than 300 people, including...
Assessing Our Political Headwinds
A conversation with Idaho Democratic Party Executive Director Jared DeLoof and Chairwoman Lauren Necochea. Inside a modest Boise office, a few blocks from the Idaho Capitol, where Republicans have ruled for most of the state’s history, Democrats are planning a return...
Kootenai Democrats: Annual Food Drive
Hey, folks–Start stocking up for the Annual Food Drive! As part of our community outreach effort, KC Dems will hold our drive-through/drop off food drive this year on Friday November 11th and Saturday November 12th. We will be at our “usual” collection site at...
DART: PUBLIC FORUM–NIC TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
Set for 6 p.m. on October 20th at the Harding Family Center (411 N. 15th St.) DART group sponsors public info forums The “Role & Responsibilities of an NIC Trustee,” the first in a series of On Point public forums, sponsored by a group of community-minded...
Thanks For Making Our First School Supply Drive a Big Success!
Thanks to the combined donations of twenty-five individual donors, we collected hundreds of needed items to back fill the district’s supplemental school supplies. In addition, we received $1200 in cash donations. Together, the donations will help the CDA school...
Bay Watchers: Citizen Water Quality Monitors
Courtesy Photo by the CDA Press Recently, the Community Water Resource Center at the University of Idaho in Coeur d’Alene, wrapped up its third year of citizen science data collection on Lake Coeur d’Alene with the Bay Watchers. The Bay Watchers are a dynamic group of...
NIC trustee candidate forum
NIC trustee candidate forum announced A forum featuring candidates seeking election to the North Idaho College board of trustees will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 in the Schuler Auditorium on the NIC campus in Coeur d’Alene. This in-person event...
Idaho Public Television: Idaho Debates
Idaho Debates offers live general election debates at Idaho Public Television or archived recordings online. For more than three decades, Idaho Public Television has been Idaho's "station of record" for candidate debates. Ahead of the November general elections, we...
D1 Candidate Announces for NIC Trusteeship
Tarie Zimmerman of Coeur d’Alene is pleased to announce her candidacy for North Idaho College Board of Trustees, zone 1. An active community volunteer and financial advisor, when Ms. Zimmerman was asked to run for this non-partisan office, as she stated, “when asked...
Senate Joint Resolution 102 Ballot Measure
The Idaho Legislature would be able to call itself back into session if voters approve a proposed amendment to the Idaho Constitution that appears on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. The amendment is known as Senate Joint Resolution 102, or SJR 102, and it will...
school supply drive for CDA Schools
The Democratic Club is holding a school supply drive for CDA Schools on Saturday, October 1st. Many of you are aware that the latest levy in CDA failed. The school district has identified at least five hundred of their students as homeless. We hope we...
D2 Candidate Announces for NIC Trusteeship
Brad Corkill, longtime Kootenai County resident and business owner, announced Wednesday that he is running for the Zone 2 seat on the North Idaho College board of trustees. For 34 years, Corkill has been the owner and operator of Whiteman Lumber in Cataldo, which is...
DEMOCRACY, EXTREMISM, AND THE DOBB’S DECISION
SAVE THE DATE The Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." The...
Leading Idaho Initiative Funds stormwater design project
For the sake of the lake’s health, the city of Coeur d’Alene has been working to reduce the amount of untreated stormwater runoff that enters Coeur d’Alene Lake and the Spokane River. Stormwater runoff in the southeastern area of the city is collected and conveyed...
Give Blood to Alleviate Local Shortage
A single blood donation can save three lives. With the local blood supply depleted by almost half since the start of summer, and only a day’s worth of O-positive blood available, donations are more important than ever. “We’re in an emergency shortage,” said...
2022 North Idaho Democracy Dinner Gala
Please join us on Friday, September 23rd, 2022, at the Coeur d’Alene Resort for our Democracy Dinner Gala. Meet and mingle with our area candidates for the Idaho Legislature: Teresa Borrenpohl, Kristy Reed Johnson, Larry Bieber, and Tom Stroschein, and Kootenai...
Cd’A School District Uses Covid Funding
Coeur d’Alene public schools’ proposed school plant facilities levy going before voters Aug. 30 has prompted some community members to ask: What happened to the millions of dollars the school district received as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Coeur...
D5 Candidate announces for NIC Trusteeship
Broschet announces candidacy. Seeks Zone 5 seat on North Idaho College board of trustees. Pete Broschet, who lives in the Hauser Lake area, announced Tuesday that he is running in November for the Zone 5 seat on the North Idaho College board of trustees. A...
Council Adopts Inclusive prayer policy
The Coeur d’Alene City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to open invocations before meetings to any “nonprofit, faith-based organization within the city of Coeur d’Alene.” The change will start with the new fiscal year on Oct. 1. There will be a lottery system,...
ARPA funding, advisory groups and why they matter
On June 30, a press release was sent out outlining a historic initiative concerning water in the State of Idaho. Governor Brad Little, through his Leading Idaho initiative, is providing funding for agriculture, education, and transportation at the state level. An...
Suicide Prevention Awareness Network – Break the Silence Walk
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Consequently, the Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN) of North Idaho is organizing a 5k suicide awareness and prevention walk. This annual walk serves to raise awareness about the support available for those...
Education Initiative Certified for November Ballot
$300-million-plus per year Quality Education Act will take a simple majority of votes in the general election to pass Idaho voters will decide whether to approve or reject Reclaim Idaho’s $300-million-plus per year K-12 education funding initiative on the Nov. 8...
Support the August 30 Safety and Maintenance Levy
Last spring, the Coeur d'Alene Public School's Long-Range Planning Committee presented a Long-Range Facilities Plan to the Board of Trustees. The proposal detailed a growing backlog of building maintenance and school security issues required to sustain the school...
A white nationalist moved to Idaho in search of an ‘ethnic enclave.’ He’s not alone.
Kyle Chapman swore he was a changed man. Chapman, a Boise resident, was addressing a judge while being arraigned in January on a felony charge after allegedly assaulting a Saint Alphonsus health care worker. “I know if you look at my record, it does seem bad, but I’m...
IDP on SCOTUS Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion: I never expected to see such a grave rollback of our rights in the 21st...
Poll Workers are Key to Fair and Honest Elections
Responsible Democrats! Get involved and help insure honest, fair elections by signing up to be a poll worker. Click here to Apply to be a Poll Worker. Kootenai County conducts four Elections each year, and Poll Workers play a vital role in the Elections...
With just months to live, former Idaho Democratic Party chair is ‘planting seeds’
When Fred Cornforth sat down across the table from me at a downtown Boise coffee shop in December, he immediately looked away, and tears filled his eyes. I had no idea that just three days earlier, he had received a death sentence. I was supposed to be meeting with...
IDP Statement on Uvalde Shooting
Chairwoman Lauren Neochea released the following statement in response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas: Like all Idahoans, I am devastated by the loss of 19 young children and 2 teachers in Uvalde, Texas. My heart goes out to the families...
Idaho Legislature moves to the right
Political observers predict the Idaho Legislature will move to the right and become more politically conservative after several establishment Republican incumbent legislators lost their primary election races Tuesday. Even though Idahoans rejected the more...
KCDCC Event Update
Inaugural Corn hole Tournament The Kootenai County Democratic Central Committee (KCDCC) held a Corn Hole Tournament and fundraiser last month at The Filling Station in Post Falls. This venue is a gastropub owned and managed by former KC Dem chair Shem Hanks. The...
IDP Response to R’s abortion-restrictive proposals
IDP on GOP committee chair ‘absolutely’ considering ban on emergency and long-acting contraceptives Idaho Democratic Party Chairwoman Lauren Necochea released the following statement in response to a recording of Rep. Brent Crane, R-Nampa, admitting Republican...
Less immigrant labor in U.S. contributing to price hikes
Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle's farm is so short of immigrant workers that he’s replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops that can be harvested by machinery. In Houston, Al Flores increased the price of his BBQ...
DART issues GOP primary recommendations
Here are the recommendations for moderate, reasonable candidates in the upcoming May 17 Republican Primary from the community-minded Democrats and Republicans Together (DART), a loose-knit collection of North Idaho residents who seek election of moderate, reasonable,...
Keeping Coeur d’Alene Lake’s water quality in check
Did you know Coeur d’Alene Lake is part of the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site? A recent Our Gem community survey revealed fewer than 30% of respondents were aware the Lake is included in the Superfund Site. The Environmental Protection...
IDP on Reporting that SCOTUS Plans to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea released the following statement in response to reporting that the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade: “Like many Idahoans, I am appalled to see reports that the Supreme Court is overturning Roe v. Wade. Idaho is...
NIC trustee field down to 8
Eight finalists have been named for three openings on the North Idaho College board of trustees. On Monday, the Idaho State Board of Education released the names of the finalists and included their cover letters and resumes. NIC Trustee Zone 1 • William H. “Hal”...
Beware of DINO’s on your May 17 Democratic Primary Ballot
As recently reported in the CDA/Post Falls Press, an element of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee planned and partially implemented a plot to take over control of the Kootenai County Democratic Central Committee. The scheme relied on recruiting...
Anonymous No Longer
Local conservative speaks out on alleged GOP plot COEUR D’ALENE — A woman who said the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee tried to recruit her as part of an alleged plan to infiltrate and dismantle the local Democratic Party is now speaking publicly. The...
IDP Chair Responds to David J. Reilly Write-In Campaign for Governor
David J. Reilly, a far-right extremist with an extensive record of antisemitic, racist, homophobic, and misogynistic statements, has filed to run as a Democratic write-in candidate for governor according to the office of the Idaho Secretary of State. In response, IDP...
Elephants in the room
COEUR d’ALENE — The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee has reportedly planned and recruited volunteers to infiltrate the Kootenai Democrats, install an “antisemitic troll” as party chair and funnel money donated to Democrats to local Republicans instead. A...
CDAide 2022 Care Affair
Restaurant and hospitality workers showed up for their community long before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it's the community's time to return the favor. "Our restaurant workers are exposed on a daily basis," CDAIDE fundraiser volunteer and Care Affair event...
Meet Our Field Organizer
About Me My name is Brody Robbins, and up until very recently I was a student at the University of Idaho. While at university, I studied English and political science. In addition, I served as the president of the U of I chapter of the Young Democrats Club and as the...
Immigration reform tied to economy
Reforming immigration is key to addressing the economic challenges of widespread labor shortages, supply chain interruptions and inflation, experts agreed in a virtual discussion Wednesday. “With the highest level of inflation that we’ve seen for the past 40 years,...
Bleed Blue Blood Drive
The KC Dems are reaching out to help our community through a Bleed Blue Blood Drive. You may not know it, but the Red Cross has declared a nationwide blood shortage. To make matters worse, donation drives at high schools and colleges, which serve as a significant...
Pros, cons of impact fees
North Idaho cities use impact fees to help keep up with growth. Here’s a look at what some cities charge in impact fees and how the money is used. Coeur d’Alene Last fiscal year the city of Coeur d’Alene collected $1,216,711.59 in total impact fees. That is from...
County could pull impact-fee trigger
In search of ways to help pay for itself, the Kootenai County board of commissioners is considering impact fees on development. Impact fees are a one-time fee paid by property developers through building permits to offset the effects of growth on public infrastructure...
Regional blood supply low Donors needed to help alleviate national crisis
Tolli Willhite, as she has done for three decades, rolled up her sleeve Friday morning to donate a pint of blood. “There’s a national blood shortage, particularly in our region,” she said. “And I carry a somewhat rare blood type, so I think it’s my responsibility to...
State of Idaho projecting another record budget surplus…
Another record-breaking state budget surplus is continuing to build rapidly as the Idaho Legislature prepares to reconvene Jan. 10 at the Statehouse in Boise. Five months into the current budget year, the state is projecting to end the fiscal year on June 30, 2022,...
Businesses say Idaho’s education politics are hurting the state
Political hostility to public education in the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature is causing some businesses to doubt the wisdom of moving to or expanding in a state that ranks at or near the bottom in what it spends on K-12 students and has one of the nation’s...
Generous Giving Boosts Food Drive Collections
Your generous giving contributed to the success of our annual food drive. First, we would again like to thank the KC Dem community for their incredible generosity. Every time we put out the call to help our local food banks you responded. Thanks to you, we are helping...
Pre-Christmas Food Drive
Because of the inclement weather during our Annual Food Drive earlier this month, we did not collect as much food as we would have liked. Consequently, we are holding a another, three-hour food drive on Saturday, December 4th. Once again, the collection point will be...
a Cradle to Grave Supreme Court Does Not Serve Public Interest
A cradle-to-grave Supreme Court does not serve the public interest There are a number of problems with the present-day structure of the U.S. Supreme Court, but the number of seats is not one of them. We have done very well with just nine seats since 1869 and really...
Sandpoint mayor announces run for Governor
Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad has announced his intention to run for governor of Idaho as a Democrat, and while he knows it’s an uphill battle in a state with a Republican supermajority, Rognstad says he has plenty of practice building coalitions in an ideologically...
Idaho’s New Electoral Districts
Redistricting commission approves state’s electoral districts for the next 10 years. The committee voted unanimously to approve the legislative map and 4-2 to approve the congressional map. L03 Legislative Plan L03 Legislative district lookup C03 Congressional...
American Redoubt
British journalist Alastair Good travels to north Idaho to investigate the Redoubt Movement. This movement stems from a desire to build a homeland for conservatives. Many of the people attracted to this movement are conservative Christians. In addition, most are Trump...
ANNUAL KC DEMS FOOD DRIVE Update
Thank you for helping us provide hope for the holidays. Thanks to the generous donors we received, you have made this year's food drive another success! We so appreciate the response to our community outreach effort. KC Dem Volunteers collected over six hundred pounds...
Change in Polling Locations
A record number of Kootenai County voters has caused several polling locations to change. One of them might be yours. Of the 70 polling locations, six have changed: three in Hayden, two in Coeur d'Alene, and one in Post Falls. Voters can double-check where they'll...
Growth of Far-Right Groups
BOISE — A far-right group launched by antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy is rapidly expanding nationwide and making inroads into Canada, according to a new report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. The quick growth happened despite legal...
Laws Apply to These Candidates Too
Law applies to these candidates, too. Having served as Idaho attorney general for eight years back in the 1980s, I feel qualified to provide a little friendly legal advice to attorney general candidate Arthur Macomber. Those who wish to be the state’s chief legal...
Portrait of a conspiracy damages community
After witnessing with disgust the blatant lies spread in the Coeur d’Alene school board races, I direct this letter to Allie Anderton, Lesli Bjerke and Glen Campbell, who attacked the Portrait of a Graduate (POG) during the School Board Candidate Forum. You are...
March for Ousted NIC President MacLennan
North Idaho College students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members plan to show support for former college President Rick MacLennan through a march on Oct. 27, prior to the next scheduled regular meeting of the NIC board of trustees. “I just felt like the...
Terri Pickens Manweiler, Candidate for Lt Governor
In August, Boise Attorney Terri Pickens Manweiler declared her candidacy for Lt Governor in the 2022. Terri is a fourth-generation Idahoan born and raised in Pocatello. She graduated from the University of Southern California and University of Idaho Law School and...
Womens March Update
— Ten-year-old Soren Cadwallader carried a sign reading, “fempire strikes back.” The young jedi and about 300 others struck back Saturday with steps, smiles and slogans. They held signs like “I march because someone 40 years ago marched for me,” “Girls just want to...
March for Women’s Reproductive Freedom
COEUR d’ALENE — In response to the recent Texas decision making abortion inaccessible, a group of Kootenai County women will march for women’s reproductive freedom. The Kootenai County Women’s March will be this Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Village at Riverstone in...
Where to get Covid-19 Testing
There are a few local locations for COVID-19 testing for those who feel like they might have the virus or are looking to travel. Katherine Hoyer, Panhandle Health District spokeswoman, said those testing for travel will probably have a longer wait than expected as the...
Legislature sets eyes toward restricting city rainy day funds
Possible intervention by state lawmakers to restrict local government “rainy day funds” is creating a thunderstorm among city officials. The Idaho Property Taxes and Revenue Expenditures Interim Committee is charged with studying the state’s tax system and...
Local Elections Update
Updated voting info as of 9-18-21: SEVEN CANDIDATES DROP OUT It was the last day to drop out of the race. Withdrawn candidates as of Friday 5 p.m. were: Ray Craft — Dalton Gardens City Council Carrie Chase — Dalton Gardens City Council Daniel Temple — Post Falls Mayor...
Do Your Part for the Democrats!
Come help our Idaho Democrats ...by phonebanking and textbanking for our Kootenai County candidates! It's critical that we reach as many voters as possible before the election, so we're getting started working on our 2022 campaigns early. We need the help of...
Survey about Museum of North Idaho
Courtney Beebe, a trustee from the Museum of North Idaho, has issued a personal invitation to our groups to participate in this on-line survey for the Museum of North Idaho. The Museum seeks a varied and diverse point of view and want to be sure it serves the...
Vaccine Mandates Have Strong Precedent
In 1905, the high court made a fateful ruling with eerie parallels to today: One person’s liberty can’t trump everyone else’s. Henning Jacobson, a 50-year-old minister, put his faith in his own liberty. Back in his native Sweden, he had suffered a bad reaction to a...
Poll workers help ensure legitimate elections
The Kootenai Elections office recruits and pays poll workers to staff polling locations throughout the county on election day. These temporary staffers help to monitor and facilitate safe and secure voting during our elections. If you have the time to commit to a day...
Judiciary cleans up two nasty messes
So ends a great week for the citizens of Idaho. For decision-makers at the Capitol? More like a double-feature horror show. On Monday, the Idaho Supreme Court unanimously took a match to SB 1110, the short-lived law on citizen-led voter initiatives. The law was viewed...
Phony info effort snuffed out
Target is county’s optional forms of government commission A document posted over the weekend alleged that citizens would no longer be able to attend Kootenai County form of government meetings. That was fake news. The printed letter, which several individuals and...
2021 SPAN of North Idaho “Break the Silence” Suicide Awareness and Prevention walk
8/24 UPDATE: Due to the rising rate of COVID-19 infections in our area, SPAN of North Idaho has wisely cancelled the in-person walk this year. Instead, they are planning a month-long virtual event. More information to come as soon as we get it. As Democrats who care...
Members of Idaho Redistricting Commission
Members of the Idaho Redistricting Commission, officially called the Idaho Citizen Commission for Reapportionment, will take population numbers from the 2020 U.S. Census, and draw new state legislative and congressional district boundaries. An article about the...
Idaho redistricting commission has 5 of 6 members
Five of the six appointments are in for a commission that will redraw Idaho’s 35 legislative districts from which voters select the state’s 105 lawmakers for the next 10 years. The bipartisan Idaho Commission for Reapportionment that also draws the state’s two...
Statement regarding Kootenai County’s Optional Forms of Government Study Commission
KOOTENAI COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE Kootenai County Commissioners and members of the Optional Forms of Government Study Commission, thank you for inviting the Democrats to contribute to this important discussion. Democrats care, more than anything else, about...
Gary Edwards Speaks A Universal Language
When it comes to music, Gary Edwards has probably done it: teaching, recording, producing, and performing since he was 16. His repertoire includes musicals, screenplays, a television sitcom, several concertos, hundreds of pieces of music, and one opera, as well as...
Republicans Vote Against Paying Idaho Teachers
BOISE, ID— Today, Idaho’s radicals in the GOP-controlled Legislature voted against children and teachers. The move—killing HB 354 which covers teacher salaries—is another bleak example of how the controlling party is putting divisive politics first, and people last....
Press needs better judgment on radical opinions
In 1964, Pulitzer Prize winning historian Richard Hofstadter wrote a short monograph describing the “paranoid style” of fringe right-wing American political discourse. He didn’t use the term in a clinical sense but borrowed it to capture a style of thinking “centering...
Dear Legislators: Either obey the Idaho Constitution or amend it
One of us served the State of Idaho for 12 years as Secretary of State, after serving as Chief Deputy of that office for 27 years. That service included supervision of all elections, including people-power measures — initiatives, referendums, and constitutional...
Regarding Kootenai County’s Proposed Second Amendment Ordinance
You are scheduled to consider a draft “Second Amendment Ordinance” on March 15. The proposed ordinance would declare federal gun safety laws unconstitutional and direct our sheriff to ignore them. A brief reading of the draft raises several questions and concerns....
Neo-Nazi leader…worked for Homeland Security
The leader of a neo-Nazi terrorist group who bought 30 mountainous acres of land outside Republic in 2018 once worked for the federal agency dedicated to… fighting terrorism. Vice News confirmed this week that Rinaldo Nazzaro, leader of The Base, was employed by the...
How To Turn Your Red State Blue: Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo
We met and became political partners a decade ago, uniting in a bid to stave off Democratic obsolescence and rebuild a party that would increase the clout of regular, struggling Georgians. Our mission was clear: organize people, help realize gains in their lives, win...
