A Dinosaur Gets its Day in Senate State Affairs

March 10, 2023

Idaho Falls fourth-grader Levi Herway and professor L.J. Krumenacker stand with a model of the oryctodromeus after Friday morning’s Senate State Affairs Committee hearing.

Idaho’s most powerful senators were no match on Friday morning for a 95 million-year-old dinosaur and a bunch of persuasive fourth-graders.

The leadership-heavy Senate State Affairs Committee endorsed a student-led push for a state dinosaur designation — recognizing an Idaho native.