Voters in Kootenai County sided with the official local Republican Party that has criticized candidates, including incumbents, as not conservative enough in Tuesday’s primary election.
we still could see a rain/snow mix in the higher elevations. i ll have a look at the rest of your weekend which looks a lot drier coming up. thanks, lisa. early this morning the republican controlled house passed legislation to cut $60 billion from hundreds of federal programs. i think you ve done yourself proud this week. the vote was mostly among party lines and led by republican freshmen. the $1.2 trillion measure will keep the government running through september. there are sweeping spending cuts to school, housing and other domestic programs. but the measure protects oil and coal companies and farmers from new environmental regulations. the bill faces a tough battle with the senate which is still controlled by democrats. and president obama has threatened a veto. the deadline for congress to agree to some sort of funding measure is march 4th. after that as abc 7 political reporter mark matthews explains, the government will shut down. it s not just that the repub