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Man charged with attacking, choking mother
April 3, 2021
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COEUR D ALENE, Idaho (AP) The case of a man accused of choking his mother and threatening her with knives has been sent to district court.
The 33-year-old Coeur d’Alene resident is charged with felony aggravated assault, attempted strangulation and mayhem, the Coeur d Alene Press reported. The charges stem from March 1, when police responded to a domestic disturbance at a Coeur d’Alene apartment complex.
An officer said the man approached him in the alley behind the building. A woman, later identified as the man’s mother, reportedly shouted, “He has weapons on him!”
N. Idaho representative to run for state Senate seat
April 1, 2021
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COEUR D ALENE, Idaho (AP) Republican Rep. Paul Amador of Coeur d’Alene plans to leave the Idaho House to run for a northern Idaho state Senate seat that’s being vacated.
Amador told the Coeur d’Alene Press in a story on Thursday that he intends to run for the 4th district seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Mary Souza of Coeur d’Alene.
She announced Tuesday she’s leaving the Senate to run for secretary of state in 2022.
Amador is serving his third term in the House. He chairs the House Ways and Means Committee and serves on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, which puts forward budget bills.
Idaho AG says schools can ban electioneers on election days
March 5, 2021
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COEUR D ALENE, Idaho (AP) The Idaho Attorney General s office says a northern Idaho school district was within its rights to remove an electioneering demonstrator from elementary school property on Election Day.
In a legal analysis released Thursday, Deputy Attorney General Robert Berry wrote that schools may control their property even when it is being used as a polling place, the Coeur d Alene Press reported.
“Idaho law requires schools to provide their premises as polling locations,” Berry wrote. “However, public schools are not traditional public forums. Schools may control their property while it is being used as a polling place, and may exclude individuals from school property not involved in the voting process.