budget cuts

Revenues have come in $89M below the revenue projection Idaho legislators adopted in January.

Legislature’s budget committee co-chairs ask for plans for additional cuts of up to 2%, bringing total cuts up to 5%.

Idaho is projected to face a between a $600 million and $1 billion budget deficit in fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1. It is already facing a roughly $58 million deficit in the current fiscal year.

The president canceled a high stakes meeting with Democratic leaders in Congress, accusing them of being unrealistic in their demands to reach a compromise on a short-term government funding bill.

In his letter announcing the line-item vetoes, Gianforte said the budget was balanced but included “unnecessary spending.”

The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of housing millions of people to states, which may be ill-equipped to handle the mission.

The Trump administration released significantly more detail about its budget request Friday evening, giving Congress the information it needs for lawmakers to draft the annual government funding bills.

Federal spending cuts could be coming to rural airports across the country, with a national program utilized by seven Montana airports facing a $300 million downturn.

Some state officials talked about cuts they fear are imminent, and at least one legislator talked about the difficulty of weighing important budget decisions in the midst of uncertainty.

The protest joined more than 1,200 planned “Hands Off!” rallies taking place across the nation, pushing back against the administration’s economic policies, human rights, and government downsizing.