*** ADVISORY: TODAY at 2:30 p.m. MST ***
Idaho House and Senate Democrats will hold a press conference today at the Statehouse to mark the halfway point of the 2026 legislative session and outline solutions to prevent harmful budget cuts that threaten prosperity across Idaho, protect life-saving services and public safety, and restore responsible budgeting.
With Republican leaders advancing cuts to public services while preserving costly tax giveaways, Democrats will emphasize that Idaho can balance the budget responsibly and still deliver on the priorities of working families.
Democrats will outline ways to dig Idaho out of the budget hole Republican policies helped create and continue to deepen, including using rainy day funds as intended, reexamining costly giveaways, and pursuing targeted tax conformity reforms. At the same time, they will highlight proposals that deliver real relief to working families and protect life-saving services and public safety, including reintroducing the child tax credit, increasing support through the Idaho Child Care Program, and reindexing the homeowner’s exemption.
WHAT: Press Conference marking midway point of legislative session and proposing fiscal solutions to prevent harmful budget cuts
WHO: Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Wintrow (District 19), House Democratic Leader Ilana Rubel (District 18), Assistant Senate Democratic Leader James Ruchti (District 29), Assistant House Democratic Leader Steve Berch (District 15), Sen. Ron Taylor (District 26), Rep. John Gannon (District 17), and members of the Idaho Joint Democratic Caucus
WHEN: TODAY, Thursday, February 12, 2:30 p.m. MST
WHERE: Third Floor, outside the Joint Finance-Appropriation Committee Room, Idaho State Capitol, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise
WATCH: Livestream available here.
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