Phil Hart: Declaring a State of Emergency

Phil Hart: Declaring a State of Emergency

By Cassandra AndersonNovember 28, 2011 Idaho State Representative Phil Hart became concerned about the federal government’s illegal introduction of Canadian gray wolves in Idaho because they pose a public danger.  The federal government and Idaho agreed to allow a population of 100 wolves into the state, but the Canadian wolf population far exceeds that number [...]

Doomsday Seed Vault has more than 740,000 samples

This week, the Doomsday Seed Vault in Norway is scheduled to receive nearly 25,000 samples of seeds from around the world, including those of grains that grow on one of the world’s highest mountain ranges and a plant whose stems redden an Ecuadorean drink on the “Day of the Dead.” With these additions the now [...]

Anti-gun Group to Boycott Starbucks on St. Valentine’s Day

Elliot Fineman (left), CEO of the National Gun Victims Action Council (NGAC) announced last Monday that its members will boycott Starbucks starting on St. Valentine’s Day to protest the company’s resistance to demands that they cease serving customers who may be carrying weapons, open or concealed. Its purpose, according to Fineman, is “to eliminate the [...]

Concealed carry bill heads to Walker for signature

By MARY SPICUZZA, The Chippewa Herald MADISON — Dylan Fredericks doesn’t carry a gun, but he plans to after Gov. Scott Walker signs into law legislation making it legal to carry concealed weapons in Wisconsin. And the employee of PT Firearms in Cross Plains suspects he’s not alone. “We’ve really seen an uptick in business,” [...]