The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Tuesday set a budget for the Idaho State Police that's a 21.9 percent cut in state general funds, but just a 0.5 percent cut in overall funding, in part because it taps a balance in a special program to bring state troopers' pay up to par to instead make up budget shortfalls. The pay program can be resumed "when the economy comes back," said Rep. Darrell Bolz, R-Caldwell.
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