Sen. Keough tends to business

Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, second from left, sits with Rep. Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, second from right, during Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra’s budget presentation in the Idaho Capitol in Boise Thursday. The two co-chairwomen of the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee listened to Ybarra’s 7.5 percent budget request for fiscal year 2017. More here. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)