Agency reacts to proposed funding phase-outs

TREASURE VALLEY — Idaho's anti-discrimination enforcement agency is facing a phase-out of state funding, along with several other agencies focused on civil rights or social justice issues. Gov. Butch Otter aims to cut funding to six state agencies by 2014, including the Human Rights Commission, the Hispanic Commission, the Independent Living Council, the Developmental Disabilities Council, the ...

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Source: Idaho Press-Tribune

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