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Matter of Opinion archive for Aug. 6, 2007

MONDAY, AUG. 6, 2007

How much do they make?

Taxpayers foot the bill for public employees' salaries, which makes that information public. Louis Bloom, a resident on the west side of the state, has made it a hobby to compile that data and posted it at his Web site.School teachers. College professors. Police officers.…

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Fred Fleming: Thinking Outside the Farm Plot

(Tech note: If you don't see the video prompt and big photo, refresh your computer and it should appear.)Spent an afternoon recently with Fred Fleming, a Reardan fourth-generation farmer who, along with a dozen other Palouse farmers, is pioneering ways to do sustainable no-till farming.…

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