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Lawmakers prepare to set revenue figure for state budget…

Idaho Legislature's joint Economic Outlook & Revenue Assessment Committee deliberates toward a key decision on Tuesday: The revenue figure on which to peg next year's state budget. (Betsy Russell)
Idaho Legislature's joint Economic Outlook & Revenue Assessment Committee deliberates toward a key decision on Tuesday: The revenue figure on which to peg next year's state budget. (Betsy Russell)

The Legislature's Joint Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee is beginning its meeting now; this is when lawmakers will decide on a revenue figure on which to peg the state budget. If they go lower than Gov. Butch Otter's figure, that pushes part of what the governor proposed in his budget off the table for next year. You can listen live here.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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