(Boise State Public Radio) An accounting watchdog group says Idaho does not have a balanced budget after all. Click here for the radio interview with Institute for Truth in Accounting CEO, Sheila Weinberg. Share and Enjoy:
(Idaho Reporter) Every Idaho taxpayer would need to pony up almost $3,000 to pay off the state government’s debts, as of two years ago, according to a new study that compares debt across the American states. Idaho ranks above the national average in the amount of debt per taxpayer, but trails neighboring Wyoming and Utah, [...]
Each Idaho taxpayer’s financial burden equals $2,900. Read report here: 2009 Idaho Financial State of the State Share and Enjoy:
(The Spokesman-Review) Idaho has made much of a startling statistic – that teen meth use in the state dropped 52 percent from 2007 to 2009. It’s the largest percentage drop of any state and coincided with the Idaho Meth Project ramping up its graphic anti-meth TV ads and billboards. But that 52 percent figure was [...]
Idaho Comptroller’s website: http://www.sco.idaho.gov/ Idaho’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports can be found at: http://www.sco.idaho.gov/web/DSADoc.nsf/financial_reports_archive?OpenPage Idaho is required to pass a “balanced budget”. Article 7, Section 11 of the 1890 Constitution, entitled “Expenditure Not Exceed Appropriation,” states no appropriation shall be made that exceeds the total revenue, unless the legislature causes for that expenditure to be [...]
