Is half the country in a recession? Shelley legislator says budget chairs are ‘fear-mongering’ to justify cuts

BOISE (Idaho Ed News) — A Republican lawmaker is criticizing Idaho’s top budget writers after they claimed on television that 26 states are in a recession — a figure they could not immediately source as legislators debate spending cuts and whether to tap the state’s rainy day fund. The co-chairs of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee […]
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