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Transgender woman arrested

An Idaho Falls man who police say identifies as transgender was arrested Tuesday afternoon after deputies say he took photos of a woman in a fitting room in Target. Sean Patrick Smith, 46, who also goes by Shauna Patricia Smith, was booked into the Bonneville County Jail on one felony count of voyeurism.Bonneville County Sgt.

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It’s Not Just Dallas — Police Officers Have Been Killed Across The Country

When five police officers were killed and nine more wounded in an attack during a protest march in Dallas last week, it rattled the nation. Since then, law enforcement officers from Georgia to Michigan have been shot in incidents that drew far less attention but have added to the growing sense that it’s a dangerous

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June Idaho State Tax Revenues Come In $20.1M Over Projections, State Ends Year With Surplus That Goes To Roads, Savings

You could always give that overage back to the taxpayers, to whom it belongs… Idaho’s state tax revenues for June came in $20.1 million higher than projections – 6.5 percent higher – a revenue bump that means Idaho closed out its fiscal year June 30 with a balanced budget and also automatically transferred $15.6 million

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The City Of Atlanta Police Department Cancelled All Off-Days, And Officers Are Working 12-Hour Shifts

The City of Atlanta Police Department cancelled all off-days, and officers are working 12-hour shifts to keep protesters and the city safe. In return, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is asking everyone to treat them with the dignity and respect they deserve.  Remember, it’s the taxpayers who are paying for this overtime.

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Two Kinds of Voting, Two Kinds of Disruption, and Two Kinds of Unrighteousness

Ben Sasse’s letter. It’s worth reading the whole thing (reprinted here in its entirety).  This letter is actually not primarily about the 2016 US election. But the need to highlight three often overlooked distinctions has been made more urgent by the shallow debate surrounding our troubling presidential choice. We need more wrestling together about: 1)

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We Can Reduce Police Violence By Asking Police To Do Less

Amid calls to reduce police violence, we need to consider whether we really want police to enforce the regulations of an overweening administrative state. Enforcing Petty Laws Can Be Violent Consider some of the high-profile police killings that started with routine police enforcement of some petty local ordinance. Eric Garner, the black man who died in

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