Idaho Gov. Otter’s budget kills three existing tech initiatives

Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter did not include funding for TECHConnect, Small Business Innovative Research grants or the broadband tax credit in his fiscal 2007 budget.

The Department of Commerce and Labor added the programs to the Department budget request, but the governor zeroed out those line items, said Brian Dickens, who works for the Department’s Office of Science and Technology.

by Eddie Kovksy

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