In response to concerns raised last week on the House floor, the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has reduced the proposed raises for Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s staff next year.
On Monday, JFAC rewrote the fiscal year 2024 budget for the Idaho Attorney General’s Office and reduced the proposed raises for attorneys and staff from 11% to 7.5%.
On Wednesday, JFAC co-chair Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, pulled the 2024 attorney general’s budget off the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives after several legislators raised questions about why the Attorney General’s Office was slated to receive bigger raises than most state employees, including law enforcement officers.
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For fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1, most state employees will receive raises of $1.20 per hour. Law enforcement officers would receive raises totaling 8.9% if they earned a $1.20 per hour merit raise combined with a 6% salary increase. Meanwhile, Labrador’s attorneys and staff would have received 11% raises in the original budget that was pulled back.
The newly rewritten attorney general’s budget also removes two attorney positions from Labrador’s office and sends them to the independent Legislative Services Office and assigns them to provide internal legal opinions to the Idaho Legislature. Aside from the raises, one of the concerns...
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