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Idaho GOP party officials will vote on 23 proposed rule changes and 26 proposed resolutions, during this weekend’s Idaho Republican Party state central committee meeting. Not all Republicans are happy about the proposals.
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Plaintiffs argued the park is public property and it could not prohibit firearms on the property. The city of Sandpoint argued private groups leasing the property may prohibit weapons at its events.
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A Kootenai County judge granted North Idaho College President Nick Swayne’s request for summary judgment, restoring him to the office and forgoing a civil trial that had been scheduled for October. NIC will also have to pay Swayne’s attorneys’ fees.
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Though all nine of the Supreme Court’s justices agreed on the specific Idaho case under consideration, four justices disagreed with the choice to use the case to redefine the terms of the 1972 Clean Water Act.
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The ruling from Kootenai County Magistrate Judge Ross Pittman allows the emails to be added as exhibits in a lawsuit that accuses NIC Trustees Todd Banducci, Greg McKenzie and Mike Waggoner of open meeting law violations and fraud. The suit also names NIC attorney Art Macomber.
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In North Idaho next month, two seats on the Community Library Network Board of Trustees will be up for a vote. Trustees help set library policy, approve the budget and work with the system’s director. But this election will also be a test of whether voters think the board ought to be clearing bookshelves as well.
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It is the second time in less than six months trustees Greg McKenzie, Todd Banducci and Mike Waggoner have moved to neutralize NIC President Nick Swayne. Two other trustees warned the decision could draw legal trouble.
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In a response letter to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, North Idaho College acknowledged its trustees’ decisions have been disruptive for the college and its community, and asked NWCCU not to strip the school’s accreditation.
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North Idaho College alleges there were misstatements in Swayne’s February 24 court testimony and that since his March 6 return to office, Swayne has engaged in “deeply troubling behavior."
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In a 42-page order handed down Friday evening, Judge Cynthia Meyer found that NIC’s three-person majority lacked the power to put Swayne on administrative leave without cause and that the school provided weak justification for doing so. She also found Swayne’s career would be harmed by the college’s decisions during and after the administrative leave was set in motion.