Idaho brewers eye excise tax cut as production shows no signs of slowing 
POSTED: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 03:39 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Idaho State Commission, Mike Crapo, Payette Brewing Co., Portneuf Valley Brewing, The Ram Restaurant & Brewery
A proposal to cut in half the federal excise tax that small brewery operators pay on the beer they produce would benefit established businesses like Portneuf Valley Brewing in Pocatello and the yet-to-open Payette Brewing Co., Garden City, operators of these enterprises say.
“It would be a great thing for me as a business trying to [...]
Idaho Faces-Week of 9/6/10
POSTED: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 10:00 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Idaho Faces
Meng joins Boise Kidney and Hypertension Institute
Boise Kidney and Hypertension Institute has added Jerry Meng to its medical offices in Meridian. Meng is board certified and comes to BKHI after spending the past three years continuing his post-graduate training at the University of California, San Diego. During this time, he completed his fellowship in nephrology [...]
Roundup-Week of 9/6/10
POSTED: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 09:48 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Roundup
The Idaho Business Review collects news items from real estate companies and other sources about business moves, expansions, downsizes, property purchases and business sales; the items are then ranked by square footage, where applicable, and placed in the Roundup column to provide businesses with tips and leads.
MotivePower’s locomotive factory in east Boise is slated [...]
Jerome builder pleads guilty in illegal alien case
POSTED: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 07:29 AM PTBY: Associated Press
Tags: Construction
A Jerome employer has pleaded guilty to hiring illegal aliens and assigning them to home construction projects in southern Idaho.
Federal prosecutors say 39-year-old Stacy Clark Miller pleaded guilty Aug. 31 to knowingly hiring undocumented workers between November 2008 and March 2010.
During that period, prosecutors say Miller was building homes in Twin Falls and hired three [...]
State takes health subsidies, still fights federal reform
POSTED: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 07:21 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Affordable Care Act, C.L. "Butch" Otter, Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, Health Care Reform, state of Idaho
While Idaho is among the 20 states suing to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, it also made the list of organizations seeking part of a $5 billion federal reinsurance coverage plan.
At least 20 Idaho companies and agencies applied for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program and have been approved by Health and Human [...]
Idaho investors look for more angels
POSTED: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 05:20 PM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: Boise Angel Alliance, Boise Angel Fund, Loon Creek Capital Group, RAIN Source Capital
The co-founder of Idaho’s first angel investment fund wants to create another half dozen million-dollar pots of cash over the next few years in a bid to transform the financing infrastructure for early-stage companies in the state.
Kevin Learned, co-founder of the Boise Angel Fund, and Denise Dunlap-Taylor, former CEO of The Network Group, launched Loon [...]
Mystery solved! Ada County Paramedics both expanding and consolidating Boise facilities
POSTED: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 02:58 PM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: Ada County Paramedics, Boise, Construction, growth, Renovation
I am calling this the mystery of the “Post It” note. I arrived at work on Monday with at least four notes on my desk, each with some permit information on them, some addresses and the company or companies associated with the project (or so I thought). Basically, what I then do is start making [...]
Construction industry continues to trim payroll
POSTED: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 02:21 PM PTBY: Dolan Media Newswires
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, Employment
Construction employment declined in 276 out of 337 metropolitan areas between July 2009 and July 2010, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.
The employment figures demonstrate the widespread decline in demand for construction services that continues to outpace stimulus-funded work, association officials noted.
“There is [...]
Sports facility may occupy former Sam’s Club store in Nampa
POSTED: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: Nampa, Retail Vacancy, Sam's Club
Discussions are currently under way about turning Nampa’s vacant Sam’s Club store into an indoor sports facility.
Nampa Building Official Jimmie Brown confirmed a company called Pacific Sports Complex has been in talks with the city to create a sports facility at 5725 E. Franklin Road.
Brown said discussions have been preliminary and no building permits have [...]
Rental textbooks now an option at Idaho universities
POSTED: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 09:36 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Boise State University, College of Idaho, Education, Idaho State University, textbooks
Parents and students who are trying to save money on college costs are taking advantage of a new option: Rental textbooks that can cut bookstore bills in half.
Textbook rentals started up this year at many Idaho campuses, including College of Idaho, Idaho State University, University of Idaho and Boise State University.
About 20 percent of students [...]
