EOB: Solons OK 3% State Budget Cut

In the Joint Finance & Appropriations Committee this morning, budget writers voted 12-8 on a substitute motion by Sen. Dean Cameron to reduce the state budget by 3 percent instead of 5 percent — and allow agency directors to decide how to make that cut in their departments/Betsy Russell @ Eye On Boise kept track of the motion’s progress here , here , and here .

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Question: Have you suffered a pay cut, benefit cut, or reduction in hours as a result of belt-tightened at your job?