Federal Budget

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

It’s been a tough year for cryptocurrency – especially with the collapse of the massive exchange FTX. Yet, some Mountain West states are still courting crypto companies.

At this time of year, the culinary arts students at the Centennial Job Corps Center in Nampa usually turn their attention to turkey. Hundreds of the birds…

The response to the President’s budget among Idaho’s political delegation in Washington, D.C. is tepid. The Trump Administration proposes cutting spending…

For 140 students in Cassia County, the school day doesn’t end with the afternoon bell. And the school year continues past spring.These elementary and…

Idaho lawmakers are considering joining fellow Republican-dominated states calling for a constitutional amendment to limit federal government power.The…

Congress has returned to work after the Thanksgiving recess. One of the big items on the docket during the lame duck session is the passage of a…

The $1.1 trillion federal budget bill was signed into law last Friday, avoiding a government shutdown. Three of Idaho’s four congressmen voted against the…

A recent report published by the U.S. Forest Service shows that in 1995, 17 percent of the agency's budget went to fighting wildfires. By 2014, those…

A slow wildfire season in the U.S. means the Forest Service won’t have to dip into other parts of its budget to cover firefighting expenses. The federal…