<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4679" dir="ltr"><span>From today's Lewiston Trib:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4679" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><h1 id="blox-asset-title" style="font-size: 30px; outline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-weight: 400; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 34px;" class=""><span class="" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); line-height: 38px; font-family: TiresiasInfofontRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drop in federal road funding adds to Idaho's woes</span></h1><div id="blox-story-frame" class="" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><div id="in-story" style="font-size: 10.3272275924683px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; max-width: 310px;" class=""></div><div class="" style="font-size: 11px; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Posted: <span class="" title="2015-02-22T00:00:00-08:00" style="font-size: 11.0010995864868px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday, February 22, 2015 12:00 am</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 11px; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 16px; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.0010995864868px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.002200126648px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Associated Press</span></span> | <a id="comment_404370f5-0a0f-5715-81ca-e8f0a280ec00" class="" href="http://lmtribune.com/northwest/drop-in-federal-road-funding-adds-to-idaho-s-woes/article_404370f5-0a0f-5715-81ca-e8f0a280ec00.html#user-comment-area" style="font-size: 11.0010995864868px; outline-width: 0px; padding-left: 14px; color: rgb(18, 52, 86); text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lmtribune.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/comment_icon.gif); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">1 comment</a></div><div id="blox-story-text" class="" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="paging_container" class="" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto; float: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4729"><span class="" style="font-size: 12.0036001205444px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4750"><span class="" style="font-size: 12.0048007965088px; outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4749"><div style="font-size: 12.0060005187988px; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; line-height: 15.0075016021729px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4748">BOISE - Total highway spending in Idaho has dropped nearly 20 percent in recent years, a dip that has compounded the state's road funding problems and added urgency for lawmakers seeking a solution.</div></span></span><span class="" style="outline: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4752"><div style="font-size: 12.0048007965088px; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; line-height: 15.0060005187988px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4751">One of the major reasons for the drop is an 8 percent decline in federal money. The state received $321 million in federal road funding in 2010. By 2013, that number had fallen to $295 million...</div><div style="outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; line-height: 15.0060005187988px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4751" dir="ltr"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4878">But, government is getting smaller. Isn't that what they want?</font></div></span></div></div></div></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4680"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424622145880_4692">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</div></div></body></html>