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Bjerke: No cuts to 'essential services'

by CAROLYN BOSTICK
Staff Writer | November 17, 2025 1:09 AM

The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee held budget workshops recently in Boise in preparation for the 2026 legislative session that begins Jan. 12.    

“They have a lot of thought going into this budget year,” State Sen. Carl Bjerke, R-Coeur d’Alene, said. “In essence, we will be sitting down like we do every year at JFAC and there may be additional cuts or some of those cuts being made may be more permanent for other budget cycles.”  

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