Doctors threaten to quit amid malpractice insurance crisis
Dr Draper warns that rising premiums and SB1229 will push physicians to suspend practice in Sandpoint and Coeur d'Alene. He endorses a Medical Injury Compensation Commission to reduce lawsuits and insurer costs, urging legislative action by May 15 and June 1 deadline risk.
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Draper
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Joint Underwriters Association
Sandpoint
Marienau
Coeur d’Alene
Portland Livestock Prices Mixed Across Species
Weekly livestock market report from Portland Oregon shows cattle and calves with varying prices across categories. Slaughter steers mainly 33.00 to 37.70, Holsteins averaging 35.77 per 1242 lb, heifers 27.50 to 36.50, cows 19.75, bulls 25.00 to 29.00, calves 31.25 to 37.00, hogs with barrows and gilts 40.50 to 41.20, sows 28.25 to 30.25, and sheep receipts small with limited trade.
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Portland
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Mediator To Settle Dispute Between Boise District and Teachers
In Boise Idaho contract talks between the Boise School District and the Boise Education Association collapsed Wednesday night, prompting an agreement to bring in a federal mediator for the third time in four years. Budget deadline looms June 30 with salary costs making up about 70 percent of the total.
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Boise
UPS
Boise Education Association
Illegal Poison Use Kills Eagles in Western Colorado
Wildlife officials report eight eagle carcasses found between Rifle and Grand Valley after consuming tainted coyote bait laced with thallium sulfate. Four died within ten days. six are bald eagles and two are golden eagles. Officials urge ranchers to stop using outlawed predator-control poisons and continue probing source locations.
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Rifle
Colo
Kim Herter
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Judge Denies Motion To Dismiss In Beaufort County Case
Judge Henry A. McKinnon ruled no intentional discrimination occurred in juror selection for the Joan Little case. The ruling comes after eight days of pretrial hearings amid protests outside the Beaufort County courtroom and a courtroom full of spectators.
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Washington, N.C
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Henry A. McKinnon
Joan Little
Clarence Alligood
Miss Little
Beaufort County
Alligood
McKinnon
Black Panther
Larry Little
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