Idaho budget committee approves cash and interest transfers in response to budget uncertainty

By: Clark Corbin

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 1,463

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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The Idaho Legislature’s budget committee approved a series of cash and interest payment transfers Wednesday that are intended to avoid a budget shortfall and leave a surplus cash balance in the state budget.

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In doing so, the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, employed a strategy that its co-chairman Rep. Josh Tanner, R-Eagle, has routinely described as an irresponsible short-term gimmick that does not …

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