Idaho’s AG warns budget cuts could force furloughs, citing strong results and rising sextortion cases.

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador warned that proposed budget cuts could force furloughs and staff losses, urging lawmakers to restore $980,000 in funding. His office, now facing $1.3 million in cuts for the current year and $1.6 million for next, would see employees take 11 and 14 furlough days, reducing pay by nearly 5%. Labrador cited strong results, including $242 million recovered for taxpayers and a surge in child exploitation arrests, while House Bill 727 passed committee to criminalize threats to share explicit images of minors—real or AI-generated—amid a sharp rise in sextortion cases, with Idaho reporting 197 incidents in 2025 and 25 in January alone.