Mike Ferguson, Gov. Butch Otter's chief economist, said of today's new state tax revenue forecast, "Everybody's been dreading it, but I don't think anybody's going to be particularly surprised by it, because we've known that things have not gone terribly well. Hopefully we're getting closer…
Wayne Hammon, Gov. Butch Otter's budget director, said today's gloomy state revenue news doesn't necessarily mean more pain for already struggling state employees, who already are being hit with 5 percent cuts in personnel funding this year. That's coming out in furloughs, layoffs and more.…
Idaho's new state tax revenue forecast is out, and it's not good news. It's down another $173 million, or 6.8 percent, from the last official forecast, which was in February. However, state officials knew in April that the state's economic situation had deteriorated, and accounted…
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