Leislators consider a new building for staff

A handful of legislators are meeting to discuss construction of a newoffice building on the statehouse grounds. Preliminary plans call for thebuilding to become home to legislative staff and a cafeteria. SenatorPatrick Deluhery, a democrat from Davenport, says he’ll support that plan,as it doesn’t provide individual offices for legislators themselves.At the Iowa statehouse, legislators’ offices consist of their own small deskand smaller desk for their secretary — both of which are on the House andSenate floors.Deluhery has visited capitols where there are massive buildings whichprovide individual offices for legislators he says it makes it harder forlegislators to interact and takes more time.