Here’s what Idaho legislators are weighing as they plan to set the st…

Before Idaho legislators adjourn for the year, they have to pass a balanced budget. And on Friday, the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, is set to take up a [...]

2024-03-11T13:59:56+00:00March 11th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

As Idaho budget debate rages, JFAC co-chair says ‘budget setting is i…

As legislative leaders continue to debate voting procedures and rules, the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee has not yet taken the traditional step of voting on a revenue target that the [...]

2024-02-07T14:54:04+00:00February 7th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

‘Both cannot pass:’ 12 JFAC members rebel against Idaho’s bare-bones …

Twelve of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee’s 20 members rebelled against the legislative committee’s co-chairs on Friday, going around committee leaders to pass new, standalone budgets that are in direct competition [...]

2024-02-03T02:20:23+00:00February 3rd, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Idaho Gov. Brad Little says JFAC’s budget changes could have unintend…

Although he is prepared to work with whatever alterations legislators come up with, Idaho Gov. Brad Little said the changes that the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee is making to the state’s [...]

2024-02-02T14:12:58+00:00February 2nd, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Idaho Legislature’s JFAC sets bare-bones ‘maintenance of current oper…

Over the course of two-and-a-half hours on Tuesday, the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee set $5.1 billion worth of “maintenance of current operations” budgets to simply keep the lights on [...]

2024-01-17T04:33:53+00:00January 17th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Idaho committee strikes Health and Welfare admin budget to force corr…

Members of the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee took a symbolic hostage on Friday as part of the budget committee’s showdown with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare over [...]

2024-01-13T04:26:51+00:00January 13th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Idaho budget official says state cannot ‘independently verify’ cash b…

An Idaho state budget official told legislative budget writers Wednesday that the state cannot independently verify its cash balances following the state’s transition to the Luma business and accounting systems [...]

2024-01-10T23:04:35+00:00January 10th, 2024|Idaho News|0 Comments

Idaho legislators gear up for 2024 session with meetings on budget, revenue reports

Idaho legislators will set the stage for the upcoming 2024 legislative session during a series of seven meetings at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise over the next two weeks.  [...]

2023-10-31T14:05:30+00:00October 31st, 2023|Idaho News|0 Comments

Idaho releases first state revenue report following transition to Luma system

Following the transition to a new statewide business system called Luma, Idaho state officials on Friday delivered the first official revenue report of the 2024 fiscal year that began July [...]

2023-10-23T12:34:45+00:00October 23rd, 2023|Idaho News|0 Comments
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