Budget Realities in Idaho with Jason Monks

Jason Monks is an Idaho State Representative and came in to talk about the realities of Idaho’s budgeting process. The state budget is established at the beginning of the year, which takes effect in July of the same year and runs to the end of June the following year. Many things can and do happen during this almost 18 month timeframe, including changes at the federal level which make a balanced budget an ever evolving and moving target. Fortunately, as he pointed out, Idaho has the ability t...