How deregulation made Idaho the fastest-growing state

Idaho is the least regulated state, according to George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, and Republican Gov. Brad Little said that deregulation has contributed to the state’s status as the fastest-growing in 2021.  

“We continue to work on it, and it was one of my priorities when I came in,” Little told Fox News Digital at the National Governor’s Association winter meeting. “The first year we cut or simplified 75% of all rules.”

Little announced in 2019 that in his first year in office, the state eliminated 1,804 pages of administrative code, and for every chapter added, cut 83 chapters. 

Little said he plans to continue

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