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OPINION: Junkyard in the sky?
Your views of the havens at night might be interrupted by non-heavenly objects passing by your binoculars.
TAXES: Key data omitted
Dear Mr. Smith: You said that tax rates have consistently declined since the 1980s.
Op-Ed: Cd'A needs rescuing
Ah, local politics; our shared community's controversies that are an intimate part of our daily routine, deliberated with the warm goodwill expected between ne…
EDITORIALS: Guilt by association
Friday’s editorial used an unfair “tactic” The Press uses at times.
COLUMN: Good job, Jessica
To Jessica Mahuron: Thank you for your My Turn letter rebutting pastor Hemming outreach to the library about his view of the LGBTQ+ community.
DEMOCRACY: It’s in jeopardy
My faith in the strength of American democracy has been weakened more than I could ever have predicted.
COVID: Just old news
Can we just stop with the COVID?
State GOP stomped slapstick proposal
Unaffiliated voters, take a stand.
CATS: Let them adjust
I was happy to read the story of Ama the cat that had been missing then found by the airport.
EXTREMISM: Speak up now
Extremism is degrading our republic and democracy.
Op-Ed: Our legislators should take a budgeting lesson from struggling families
Even before they blew into Boise for the 2022 legislative session, Idaho legislators were rhapsodizing about the gigantic tax cuts they were going to bestow up…
Op-Ed: A perfect campaign speech … almost
Gov. Brad Little has not yet announced his re-election plans, but it’s not much of a mystery. As he has told reporters, “Don’t bet against it.”
PRESS: Pair of winners
Your editorial in Thursday’s Coeur d’Alene Press entitled “A Day To Remember” is so important for people to understand and one of your best.
NIC: Time to take ownership
Thank you Mike Patrick for your editorial “A day to remember.”
VOTING: Words of warning
Mr. Patrick’s editorial on Thursday, “A day to remember,” was right on.
SHOLEH: Important column
Sholeh Patrick’s column Thursday, “U.S. allies getting less democratic,” about reduced rights and access restrictions, is sad, perhaps scary, but true.