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State agencies warn furloughs, layoffs expected if further budget cuts needed

by ROYCE MCCANDLESS / Coeur d'Alene Press
| January 31, 2026 1:07 AM

A letter written on behalf of Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee leadership was sent to state agencies earlier this week, requesting agency directors to report back on what cuts of up to 2% would mean to them in this fiscal year and the next.

For several agencies that already issued their response, such reductions were framed as costs expected to be felt by a broad swath of Idahoans, or outright refused.

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