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Otter: Economy dimming, leaving his 2009 budget $82 million short (access required)

by IBR Contributor
Published: February 15,2008
Time posted: 1:00 am

The outlook for Idaho's economy is dimming. In new figures released yesterday by Governor Butch Otter's office, tax revenue for the current fiscal year is expected to grow by just 1.8 percent – less than half the growth forecast in January. And for fiscal year 2009 that starts in July, Otter's economists say ...



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