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Idaho Department of Labor requests $7.3 million in dedicated funds to shore up unemployment operations
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard the Idaho Department of Labor request an increase in dedicated-fund spending authority—$7,330,000—to sustain unemployment insurance operations as federal grants from the pandemic era decline.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard the Idaho Department of Labor request an increase in dedicated‑fund spending authority to sustain core unemployment insurance operations as federal pandemic grants taper.
Brooke Dupree, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Department’s materials and highlighted a requested $4,868,600 cash transfer from the unemployment penalty and interest fund into the employment security fund for fiscal year 2026 to correct a prior over‑transfer. Dupree also summarized a $7,330,000 ongoing enhancement the agency seeks in its dedicated funds to offset lower federal grant revenue available for unemployment insurance operations.
Janie Rivera, director of the Idaho Department of Labor, told the committee the federal‑state unemployment insurance…
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