Informed Kootenai

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Three efforts, one goal: growth that listens to the people who live here.

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Enrich the Details

Dense state and regional road studies, broken down into plain English: real traffic math, honest tax costs, and land-use facts.

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Cross-section drawing of the proposed Huetter corridor

No Huetter Bypass

KMPO has spent more than 20 years trying to build support for the Huetter Road Corridor. We track the Rathdrum Prairie transportation study and put the community's comments on the record.

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Coeur Terre

1,050 acres of prairie bought in 2019 and first planned around 1-acre lots, now moving toward high density. We follow every annexation, rezone, and development agreement.

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Enrich the Details · Oct 12, 2026

Idaho’s Revenue Beat Is Real. The Editorial’s Story About It Definitely Slanted Opinion.

A review of the Coeur d'Alene Press Sunday editorial of October 11, 2026, "Idaho's strong economic numbers a welcome sight." Every figure it quotes matches the state's September revenue report. What it leaves out changes the story. The August forecast was set $291.1 million above the Legislature's estimate before the quarter was measured against it, one tax line carries the whole beat, hiring grew 0.9% while withholding grew 20%, and most of the projected $696 million surplus is last year's cash or the forecast itself. The fair reading is narrower: Idaho is growing moderately, the state cut taxes and then cut spending to stay balanced, and whether one strong quarter of withholding lasts is not known until the April 2027 filing season.

+$90.3 million: First-quarter General Fund revenue above forecast (6.8%), confirmed by the Legislative Services Office
+$291.1 million: How far DFM's August 2026 forecast sits above the Legislature's April estimate ($251.6 million above DFM's own January forecast), set before the quarter was measured against it

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Oct 12, 2026 · Coeur Terre Coeur Terre 2 Goes Back to the City Council: Reconsideration Hearing October 26
Oct 6, 2026 · No Huetter Bypass Reply to ITD: Rathdrum Prairie Area and the Draft FY2027–FY2033 ITIP
Oct 1, 2026 · No Huetter Bypass Response to the ITD District 1 Letter of September 4, 2026
Sep 6, 2026 · Coeur Terre Coeur Terre Phase 2: Traffic Impact Analysis Review
Sep 4, 2026 · No Huetter Bypass ITD Response to the Rathdrum Prairie PEL Level 3 Response

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