“Ladies and gentlemen, look high above you,” Gov. Butch Otter told lawmakers as he concluded his State of the State message today. “Within this magnificent chamber so beautifully renovated just a few years ago, you see an Idaho sky through a vaulted dome of glass. This chamber, this building, this body has all the room that anyone could need to accommodate the biggest, loftiest and most meaningful ideas and actions.”

He said, “So as you begin your deliberations today, don’t limit yourselves. Think big. Be bold. Act decisively. Reflect the Idaho values you were sent here to represent.”