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Senate to take up school budget this afternoon

The Idaho Senate on Monday deliberates during its morning session; the Senate came to the public school budget on its calendar, but took a break for Democrats to caucus, and then scheduled the vote on the bill - likely the biggest decision of the year, with historic cuts to schools - for Monday afternoon. (Betsy Russell)
The Idaho Senate on Monday deliberates during its morning session; the Senate came to the public school budget on its calendar, but took a break for Democrats to caucus, and then scheduled the vote on the bill - likely the biggest decision of the year, with historic cuts to schools - for Monday afternoon. (Betsy Russell)

The Senate has unanimously agreed to put off its debate and vote on the public school budget until its afternoon session today. "Senators, we're just trying to manage our time that we have here for the next 10 minutes," explained Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls. "I think if we can skip over this bill and grab a couple of the other ones, then we'll have the time this afternoon for a more meaningful debate."



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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