From the
Lewiston Tribune
Feb. 16, 2005
BOISE — Lewiston’s senator saw his idea to consider adding wings to the Idaho State Capitol win broad approval Tuesday on the Senate floor.
“We can’t rush into a major decision,” Sen. Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, told his fellow senators.
Even though he has no idea what it would cost, Stegner argued adding wings to the Capitol would serve the Legislature for another 100 to 150 years.
By a 34-1 vote, senators approved Stegner’s 11th hour proposal. Over the next year, a committee will consider the cost and design of two additions to the Capitol — one for the House on the east and one for the Senate on the west.
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MOSCOW — For the first time, a sitting president has recommended cutting millions of federal dollars used to fund agricultural research at schools like Washington State University and the University of Idaho.
The appropriations, commonly known as “formula funds,” are targeted by President Bush for a 50 percent reduction in 2006 and full elimination by 2007. The formula funds would be largely replaced by competitive grants.
Interim dean of WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, James Cook, thinks the proposed change in funding has roots in a change in philosophy.
