Fiscal Fridays with Fred

Lawmakers have one job each year: Set a budget. What happens, then, when a spending proposal for this agency or that agency fails in the House or Senate? Idaho Freedom Foundation Legislative Affairs Director Fred Birnbaum explains using a real-life example from the 2021 legislative session. Have a budget question you'd like Fred to answer? […]

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Tell Idaho lawmakers to vote against the higher education budget, which would do next to nothing to address the rise of social justice programming on Idaho's college campuses. Sign the petition at FixIdahoColleges.com.

Here's the analysis for House Bill 226.