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Otter: Caution warranted on budget

Gov. Butch Otter addresses the Idaho Press Club on Wednesday (Betsy Russell)
Gov. Butch Otter addresses the Idaho Press Club on Wednesday (Betsy Russell)

Gov. Butch Otter is giving his annual talk to the Idaho Press Club this morning, and his first focus has been on the budget. "Obviously it's been difficult, obviously with the moving target that we've had on the budget numbers, it's been an uncertain process at best," he said. "The news is so mixed and I think the uncertainty is so great, that the Legislature and myself have agreed that caution should be the operation of the day, of the session." He added, "It's a lot easier to give money back than it is to take money away."



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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