Idaho budget showdown: House narrowly passes first of 10 omnibus budg…
A divided Idaho House of Representatives voted 38-31 on Wednesday to pass the first of 10 omnibus budget bills that are at the center of a budget showdown in the [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
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 [...]
Idaho health department to change grant procedures in response to aud…
After previously disagreeing with a critical state audit that found flaws in how $72 million in grant funds were distributed, Idaho’s largest agency is now promising reforms. The Idaho Department [...]
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 [...]
Idaho lawmakers evaluate how to financially respond after audit into state health department
Idaho state lawmakers on the Legislature’s powerful budget committee are mulling how they’ll respond to an audit that found flaws in how the state health department distributed $72 million in [...]