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International Games Archive : "Sarajevo cancels hosting of 2009 Special Olympic Winter World Games February 12, 2006 Special Olympics o...

Local News - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho : "Idaho may be in the running to host the 2009 Special Olympics"

Dan Popkey - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

Dan Popkey - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

Dan Popkey - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

Robert Scheer | US Is Its Own Worst Enemy in Iraq

Western Democrat: Blue Governors in Red States : "Blue Governors in Red States Governors Following up on Emmett's earlier post abou...

Editorials - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

In Idaho, a man named Vasquez calls for reform

Western Democrat: More Utah convention stuff

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As the Democratic Party goes through its quadrennial self-flagellation process, the same tired old consultants and insiders are once again c...

Headwaters: Idaho Falls Post Register : "BOISE -- Tougher rules for declaring bankruptcy and a permanent repeal of federal estate taxes...

Ridenbaugh Press on Idaho's 1st CD

"'You know who the most successful Democrats have been through history?' he asks. 'Democrats who've led with their hear...

Quite far out there in the quasi-science fact/fiction realm, but Kunstler always make interesting, thought provoking reading. His work on s...

Unless the federal government boosts local reimbursement for lost tax revenue on public lands, some western lawmakers want to give Uncle Sam...

HELENA, Mont.--Tribal flags billowed next to the Stars and Stripes, the smell of burning sweetgrass hung in the air, and the drumbeat from a...

Economy - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho : " Idaho job growth was sixth highest in the nation during the fourth quarter of 2004, ac...

SR.com: Democrat Brady to run for governor again : "Democrat Brady to run for governor again Ex-publisher says balance needed; he los...

Courts struck down previous attempt at law

Local News - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho : New jobs, land boom change hamlet's look and lifestyle"

Millionaires posing as farmers will keep their property-tax breaks for vacation lots unless the Idaho Senate cuts through the crap this week...

Western Democrat: RE: Purple Mountain Strategy

Ridenbaugh Press : "Preferential treatment One might expect that a state legislature assigned to sift among all the interests of th...

Editor's Cut

Bush's PERSONAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, n. Chinese Communist Party loans and more...

The Seattle Times: Local News: Leaks fuel concern about Spokane train depot

Scientist Named To Head The EPA (washingtonpost.com)

Idaho Legislature - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho : "Economist says restoring fishing seasons for salmon would pay off 'The b...

: "Stennett faces long odds in governor's bid"

"As a Matter of Fact, Money Does Grow on Trees" With an anti-environmental backlash inflicting one defeat after another on conserv...

Ridenbaugh Press : "On their honor On their honor A few days ago, down below in this space, you may note this: "You get th...

Center for the Rocky Mountain West - Home - University of Montana

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Headwaters News: Perspective; Insight and Analysis for the Rocky Mountain West"

Western Democrat: What makes a Western Democrat

Economy - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho : "Idaho's economy will generate about 14,700 new jobs in 2005, according to the annua...

Inaugural ball shows support for area tribes - billingsgazette.com

Schweitzer outgoing and hard-working - billingsgazette.com

"Top Billings" by David Sirota

A Canyon County commissioner adamantly opposed to unlawful immigration may run for Congress. In December, U.S. Rep. Butch Otter, R-Idaho, fi...

"If only hunters, anglers, and environmentalists would stop taking potshots at each other, they'd be an invincible force for wildla...

"Spurred by blatant congressional attacks on America's natural resources, environmentalists are setting aside past differences with...

"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country." ~ Theodore Roosevelt 8/6/1912 The Theodore Roosevel...

"Twelve senators can spare Idaho an ugly, demeaning, expensive fight over gay marriage that would have no practical effect except to di...

• You don't see anything the least bit funny about the state's largest university playing the biggest football game in its history e...

MSNBC - Brand names split along red-blue lines : "Red state residents were more likely to consider themselves religious, although the d...

Boise had 4,131 residential sales last year, up from 3,487 in 2003. Home starts, however, fell to 624 from 836 the previous year, reflecting...

Those pluses ensure Idaho will continue to grow rapidly, with or without more tax breaks. Reed, the Albertsons tax VP, made a case for st...

Idaho’s Congressional Delegation makes sure we get our share of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill The Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by ...

I Did Not Vote 4 Bush wristbands

If Democrats want to be a majority party again, they need to win back the middle class. Article :

"After a strenuous review process, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation delegates voted on Dec. 2 to oppose the Nez Perce Water Agreement. Aft...

"Idahoans see a lot of things differently than their lawmakers. But Idahoans' vision on the economy is sharp. Legislators need t...

Mayor focuses on revitalization during address "CALDWELL - Mayor Garret Nancolas announced the purchase of a parcel key to Caldwell...

"Kempthorne's highway plan demands a cultural transformation in the state with the second-lowest per capita debt in the nation. ...

Call could force farms, industries to stop pumping "Five Magic Valley canal companies and irrigation districts demanded Idaho offici...

"North America's system of wildlife management, of which regulated hunting is an integral part, is a tremendous achievement. The v...

In the fall, it's what I want to do. It would be unnatural and dishonest to sit on my hands; I'm a hunter, a predator (in the fall),...

Dan Popkey - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho : "Whoever jobbed Chuck Winder in the 2003 Boise mayor's race with an Election Eve ...

TIME - Mitch Frank - : Arnold vs. the Gerrymanders : "In California, like most states, there are few things more secure than an incumbe...

Ridenbaugh Press : "The last time an Idaho political party selected a successful and statewide-known political figure as party chair, t...

TIME.com Print Page: TIME Magazine -- The New Science of Happiness : "The New Science of Happiness What makes the human heart sing? Re...

Ridenbaugh Press : "Headline on a press release today from Idaho's representatives Mike Simpson and C.L. 'Butch' Otter: ...

MSNBC - Page 4: 'The Audacity of Hope'

Political Victory: From Here to Maternity (washingtonpost.com) : "Conservative, religiously minded Americans are putting far more of th...

The New York Times > Fashion & Style > Reserved: A $250,000 Parking Spot : "THE daily race to be first down the powdery slope...

Local News - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

Marge Chadderdon's effort to correct problem in finance report means she won't be charged Taryn Brodwater Idaho Spokesman Review Sta...

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Who Is John Stott?

Was Nov. 2 Realignment -- Or a Tilt? (washingtonpost.com)

"The Great Black Hope" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells

"Top Billings" by David Sirota

No Small Potatoes

High Country News -- April 12, 2004: The One-Party West

HoustonChronicle.com - It's the Internet, stupid

Local News - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

Local News - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

Editorials - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho

Kerry has raised almost as much as Bush in Idaho Democrat tallies 815% more than Gore got in 2000 The Idaho Statesman Edition Date: 1...

How else can you implement the "Bush Doctrine?" The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Feeling the Draft

The New York Times > Opinion > John Kerry for President

''Just in the past few months,'' Bartlett said, ''I think a light has gone off for people who've spent time up c...

Kerry for president The Democrat could help rebuild the United States' standing in the world while restoring balance at home When G...

Casual footwear If John Kerry is being likened to a pair of 'flip-flops,' it makes sense that President Bush could be likened to ...

With friends like these.... Doesn't Bush have enough enemies already? Retiring GOP congressman breaks ranks on Iraq Nebraska...

Great editorial (as always) by Thomas Friedman. This guy forces you to think. If only more Americans exercised that most unique, but see...

Bush Reveals Secret Debate Strategy To: "Keep My Foot On John Kerry's Throat" WASHINGTON, DC – In a forthcoming New York Time...

Battlegrounds include districts in Boise, S. Idaho Idaho Democrats lead in fund-raising in several crucial legislative contests throughou...

In Nevada, employees of a GOP-funded voter registration company say they watched their supervisors rip up Democrats' registration forms ...

Interesting analysis of US Senate Races across the nation

Commissioner Michael J. Copps reacted to reports that Sinclair Broadcast Group will preempt more than 60 local stations across the country t...

Otter, Risch and now Simpson. This could be interesting... But if Kerry wins, were does that leave poor ol' Dirk? Could he get Cra...

In some states, Republicans are threatening to conduct widespread vote challenges in heavily minority areas. In others, recent events sugges...

McCarthyism Watch

After a terrible week for his campaign, Bush has one agenda between now and Election Day: attack Kerry The rationale for war in Iraq has...

This time four years ago, relentless media focus on Al Gore’s sighs had managed to convince the voting public that the vice president had ac...

Democrats haven't made much of what would happen to the courts should Bush win a second term. This is curious, because you'll rememb...

A Republican state representative from Troy, Mich.,said, “If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we’re going to have a tough time in this e...

Great funny streamable political shorts, including "This Land" and "Good to be in DC" by JibJab AtomFilms: Mock The Vote

Fri Oct 08 2004 09:46:43 ET In a LA TIMES column, Jonathan Chait blasts: 'To say that I consider Bush a 'bad' president would...

Battlegrounds As the nation has its battleground states in this presidential election, so Idaho has its battleground legislative district...

Check and double check to make sure the voter registration cards are filled out right USATODAY.com - More

Among the three-quarters (74 percent) of registered voters who say they watched at least some of Thursday’s debate, 61 percent see Kerry as ...

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Efforts to re-elect President Bush are driven by 22,000 volunteers who are working -- sometimes under wraps -- to boost turnout

Efforts to re-elect President Bush are driven by 22,000 volunteers who are working -- sometimes under wraps -- to boost turnout

Angels fly into Hailey Movie screening urges women to vote In the 2000 presidential election, 22 million single women did not vote. In t...

The suggestion that terrorists support Sen. John F. Kerry for president is ugly, but basically silly. The suggestion that Kerry supports the...