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OPINION: Just like everyone else, Idaho’s Attorney General must comply with the law
Three years ago, I joined five other former Idaho Attorneys General in describing that important position as “the …
LIBRARY: Some working to take away others’ rights
How frustrating to read that our library lost a great employee, Delaney Daly, no thanks to relentless ‘parental pressure’ (that is naming it kindly).
PPP: Failed small businesses under Trump
Brent Regan’s Press article (Sept. 2) gave praises for Trump’s administration for passage of the P.P.P. and compared it with an unfavorable comment re: Biden’s recent student loan forgiveness program.
BIDEN’S ADDRESS: Words of a divisive dictator
In his most recent presidential address, Joe Biden spoke of dangers that could destroy our democracy.
GROWTH: Quality of life more important
20,000 new homes. 50,000 more people. In the next 10 years.
COUNTY: Uses heavy-handed tactics
In 2020, a family member was diagnosed with cancer and needed a place to live after surgery, and before starting radiation and chemotherapy.
CIVIL DISCOURSE: Is it possible?
What if Brent Regan and Evan Koch sat down together to discuss issues and listen, really listen to each other without snide remarks, speaking over each other or calling each other names.
TYPO: Wilson ‘signing’ out of tune
What kind of music does Russell Wilson sing?
SCHOOL LEVY: Failure points to bigger issues
Now that the public has narrowly and negatively spoken, it’s time to consider why.
MIRACLES: 'The Bells of St. Mary’s'
In the movie, “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945) the Nun Mary Benedict (Ingrid Bergman) engages miserable manipulative millionaire Horace Bogardus in prayer.
PASTOR’S WORDS: Raise questions
If I am a “seeker” looking for truth as I make a decision about my faith and I am in a “Christian” church where from the pulpit the pastor tells me “the public school system is not my friend and the public schools …
SCHOOL LEVY LOSSES: Legislature needs to step up
According to the Coeur d’Alene Press editorial article of Sept. 2, it appears that since 2017 the last four school levy requests have fallen short significantly.
KOVACS: Dangerous precedent by commissioners
The Cancel Culture has now come to Coeur d’Alene.
PUBLIC SCHOOL OPPONENTS: Transparency, solutions needed
A recommendation to Brent Regan and the CDA Press that the next commentary from Regan cover exactly why he and his Idaho Freedom Foundation and his radical KCRCC are so opposed to supporting public schools.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS: State should step in
If the federal government won’t do much, let Idaho do what it can. How about these for starters:
SCHOOL LEVY: What we learned
The school levy failed and we learned a couple of things. First, seniors 65-plus are tired of paying school taxes.