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Boise State University is dragging its feet in releasing a copy of the contract the school signed with racist speaker Ibram X. Kendi. The university’s spokesman, Mike Sharp, sent the Idaho Freedom Foundation an email Wednesday that said it could take the school until Feb. 1 to locate the records we’re looking for: the contract with Kendi, costs, and terms for participating in BSU’s Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration earlier this week. That’s ridiculous. It’s an obvious misuse of the state’s public records law, and it’s designed to buy the school time as it gets ready to release what I...

As Natalie Hughes began singing the national anthem at Saturday’s Lincoln Day Dinner, she sang alone. But before she finished the first verse, it seemed all 650 people in the ballroom of The Coeur d’Alene Resort had joined her. That showing of patriotism and love of country was on display at the annual event put on by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. “Tonight, we’re here for our committee to bring common sense to government. I know. It’s hopeless. But I’ll explain,” said Brent Regan, KCRCC chairman. He spoke of principles like honesty, integrity, reliability, compassion, faith and grit. “Republicans...

BOISE, ID- Last October, Law Enforcement Today brought you a story about a coffee shop at Boise State University that was shut down after they had expressed support for law enforcement. The incident involved the owner of Big City Coffee & Café, which was forced off the Boise campus in relation to anti-police sentiment across the country. The owner of the coffee shop, Sarah Fendley is engaged to a former Boise police officer, Corporal Kevin Holtry, who was shot five times in the line of duty in 2016. Holtry’s injuries left him paralyzed and also led to the amputation of...