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Trump cuts will hammer Idaho

In Idaho, the Trump budget proposal unveiled (Tuesday), if enacted, would mean big hits to the state budget, from health care to education, according to an analysis by the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy.

Lauren Necochea, director of the center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that analyzes state fiscal issues, said, “This proposed budget includes historically unprecedented cost shifts to the states and unprecedented cuts to essential public services that working Idahoans rely on to make ends meet. The tax cuts for the wealthy come at a huge cost to children, seniors, Idahoans with disabilities, and community investments that benefit all of us.”

She said the biggest hits to Idaho’s state budget would come in health care and the state’s continuing effort to restore education funding that was cut during the recession/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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