Old Boise Carnegie Library to become a Vandal, thanks to Idaho Legislature
DANA OLAND DOLAND@IDAHOSTATESMAN.COM
One of Boiseâs first major public buildings â the Carnegie Public Library â was built with money from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation and the local community. It has been used for offices in recent years.
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The state of Idaho is poised to buy the historic Carnegie Library near Boise High School and rent it out to the University of Idaho Law school for study and event space.
On Wednesday, both the Idaho House and Senate passed House Bill 408, which authorizes $2.1 million to buy the 117-year-old
March 11, 2021
Idaho lawmakers in the Senate have overwhelmingly approved funding for new dormitories at the Idaho Youth Challenge Academy in Pierce.
The money was included in an $89 million supplemental budget for the Permanent Building Fund, which finances capital projects across the state. It passed the Senate 34-0, after previously passing the House 57-9.
The appropriation includes $7.4 million for the Youth Challenge Academy to replace the modular trailers that are currently being used as living quarters and allow the program to increase its capacity from 155 students to 180 per 22-week term.
The supplemental budget also provides $3 million to replace aging facilities at the University of Idaho’s agricultural research center in Parma. The university will also receive $700,000 for two greenhouses to expand seedling production. (Lewiston Tribune)
People in Idaho love their lottery, as demonstrated here in 2019 when a gathering set the Guinness World Record for the largest group of people to simultaneously scratch off a ticket. But come August, Powerball will no longer be sold in the state. (Image: Idaho Lottery)
Powerball is currently played in 45 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. But in August, the game will expand into Australia. In 2022, the United Kingdom is set to join.
The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) decided to go overseas last year as revenues plummeted amid the pandemic. Lottery products are the only form of legal commercial gambling in Idaho. The state’s current laws limit interstate lottery participation to the US, its territories, or Canada.
March 1, 2021
The Idaho House has passed a supplemental budget request that includes funding for a new barracks at the National Guard Youth Challenge Academy in Pierce.
If approved, it would allow the Permanent Building Fund to finance dozens of construction and renovation projects across the state. That includes $7.4 million for the new Youth Challenge barracks, $3 million to replace aging facilities at the University of Idaho’s agricultural research center in Parma and $700,000 for two UI greenhouses.
The Youth Challenge barracks would replace the modular trailers that are currently being used as living quarters and allow the program to increase its capacity from 155 students to 180 per 22-week term.
Idaho man wins 6th major lottery prize â here s his strategy
By Daniella Genovese article
Bryan Moss, from Idaho, has won the lottery six times. He says he plays to help local schools.
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For three years Moss has won his fair share of lottery prizes, almost too many to count, he said.
His latest win, in which he nabbed $250,000 from an Idaho Lottery Scratch Game Crossword at an ExtraMile convenience store in Meridian last Thursday, was by far his largest yet.
education. The young 7-year-old is everything to him.
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Bryan Moss and his 7-year-old daughter.
When he started roughly three years ago, Moss had no idea that he would even have a knack for the lottery at all. He started playing for one reason: to ensure my daughter s future, he said.