Jill Skeem

Finally, the House has approved a plan to collect uncollected taxes!

"A plan to boost staffing at the State Tax Commission to generate more than $19 million in additional revenue has cleared the Idaho House." Republican Rep. Darrell Bolz, of Caldwell, says the state could yield a 4-to-1 return

The Times-News Editorial thinks CSI should be able to build student housing near its campus...

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I think we should use the $30 billion we have seized to pay for this no-fly-zone.

The no-fly zone over Libya could end up costing the Western coalition more than $1 billion if the operation drags on more than a couple of months, defense analysts say. 

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What will the long-term solution be here?? How will they keep these reactors from a total meltdown?

"The dumping was intended both to help cool the reactor and to replenish water in a pool holding spent fuel rods, Toyama said. The plant's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said earlier that the pool was nearly

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Seeing the devastation in Japan, this makes me wonder how safe the US nuclear power plants would be in an earthquake or tsunami? Would we be ready if this happened here?

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Jill Says: This had nothing to do with the budget, this was strictly about busting the Union. 

"Justin Sargent, a staffer to Senator Chris Larson (D-Wis.) called the maneuver completely unexpected. It showed, he added, that this “obviously wasn’t about any kind of finan

Jill says:  This bill says that students can carry guns into classrooms but not into dorms. Where do they keep their guns? Why do they need guns in a classroom? Should CSI change its No Gun policy??

“We expect to oppose this,” Beck said. “We have not

Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", opens the door again to recruiting. I am glad this policy has been finally overturned.

Harvard University is welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back to campus this week, 41 years after banishing it amid dissent over the Vietnam War

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Reid said Senate Democrats were prepared to pass the two-week bill, which would cut about $4 billion from current spending levels. The move virtually ensures the government will avoid shutdown at the end of the week, when the current funding bill expi

I guess all the hearings were for not.

“We’re disappointed they passed, but thankful for the 15 senators who listened to their constituents,” said Mike Wilkinson, president of the Twin Falls Ed

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