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MY TURN: North Idaho College is proof voting works
There will always be a need to safeguard the gemstone of our community.
What's behind rise of suicide in U.S.
In 1972, I moved from Denmark to Moscow to start my career at the University of Idaho. I fell into a conversation with a student on campus, and I told her how impressed I was with the Danes and their system of gove…
Idaho is not just for the young
On behalf of AARP Idaho and our 186,000 members across the Gem State, I would like to applaud Gov. Little’s priorities outlined in his first State of the State…
Poking holes in Mann's 'global cooling' assertions
I’m writing in response to Randy Mann’s “Sunspot Activity is Non-Existent” weather column that was published in the Press on Nov. 26 of last year. In the colum…
Compensation system unfair to sheriff's deputies
The men and women of the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office are grossly underpaid. This must be fixed — the status quo fails to recognize the risks they take and…
Plowing through a problem in Post Falls
Snow removal in Post Falls is a joke and here’s why.
No learning curve for this governor
Gov. Brad Little.
Come on, Clerk Brannon: This isn't transparency
Clerk Jim Brannon’s recent episode of a ballot recount came as a surprise to everyone. Mr. Brannon insisted that he was being transparent, but his comments in The Press last week cast more shadows than shed any lig…
Religion, government not a new debate
As the editorial board of the Cd’A Press noted on Dec. 28, 2018, there is plenty of bickering about what the “Founding Fathers” meant when they wrote the Constitution, the Bill of Rights (especially the First Amend…
Medicaid expansion and your Legislature
The backslapping and hand shaking for a job well done is over.
Here's how to vote every day
Editor’s note: Sholeh is recovering from a broken wrist. While she’s healing, community members and some Mrs. Language Person oldies but goodies will fill in a…
Faith of our Founding Fathers
Around Christmas time, as regular as clockwork, articles appear in the media stating that America was not founded upon Christian principles. The writers of these articles always claim that some of our Founding Fath…
Idaho should pay for schools
Article IX, Section 1, of Idaho’s Constitution reads: “LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH SYSTEM OF FREE SCHOOLS. The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, it shal…
IFF goal: Affordable healthcare for all
There is much wrong information being circulated about Proposition 2 and the ensuing Constitutional challenge, of which I am the plaintiff. Most of this misinf…
No, Christianity is not basis of our government
I would like to add my perspective to Larry Tanzer’s comment (letter to the editor, Dec. 19, 2018) that the USA “was founded on a Christian basis.”
URA has an opening - maybe for you
Here is the notice the city should now be giving to the public: