Solons Dis Higher Ed To Help Firms

If you want to strip Idaho’s colleges and universities of their already eroding share of public funding, encourage the Idaho House to pursue its present course. It just voted 48 to 21 to transfer millions of dollars in tax goodies to Idaho’s largest corporations. And to pay for it, the House would eventually wipe out the state’s support of its colleges and universities. Notably, none of the lawmakers who represent Lewis-Clark State College or the University of Idaho were among those supporting it. Even though state spending is still 10 percent below its pre-Great Recession level, lawmakers such as Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, want to strangle it further/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

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