Leaders of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, which sets the budgets for state agencies, last week asked the Idaho Division of Medicaid to come up with plans for 1% and 2% cuts for both ...

JFAC members will vote Friday on the “Idaho Budget Rescission Act,” a sweeping bill to enact the midyear budget cuts — in ...

Earned autonomy is not deregulation without guardrails. It is a trade: more operational freedom in exchange for continued—and ...

Idaho fiscal policy fails to support the needs of our children. Idaho lawmakers should reject HB 559 and recommit to a financial policy that protects essential services, supports families, and invests ...

School shapes a big part of your teen’s life. In a traditional setting, that often means six or seven hours a day on campus, plus homework, activities and, for many Idaho families, a commute that eats ...

One day after legislative budget-writers asked state superintendent Debbie Critchfield to plan for cuts to public schools, the first-term Republican delivered her response: No. “I will not be ...

This year, Idaho lawmakers gave school districts about $106 million, which was meant to ease their reliance on property taxes. New data shows that it worked. The vast majority of Idaho school ...

Michael Zarian has been Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s deputy solicitor general since January 2024. Zarian has played a key ...

We did our due diligence,” Gov. Brad Little told reporters in reference of drafting his budget proposal. “That’s what we’re ...

Also Monday, a bill to allow university president searches to be done mostly in secret sailed through the Senate.

Operating funds are a necessary buffer to keep inconsistent cash flow from affecting the day-to-day operations of business.

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