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Idaho budget writers prepare to enter new era of trimming state budgets

by CLARK CORBIN Idaho Capital Sun
| November 5, 2025 10:30 AM

Members of the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee said Tuesday they are preparing to enter a new era of budget setting in 2026 where they focus less on approving spending requests and focus more on trimming budgets. 

The Idaho Legislature’s powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC for short, is conducting three days of budget workshops this week in Boise in preparation for the 2026 legislative session that begins Jan. 12. 

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