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The governor has appointed an eastern Idaho businessman to head the Idaho Department of Commerce. Jeff Sayer is expected to start Oct. 3 as agency director. The governor’s office says Sayer most recently worked in business consulting as a managing ...

A potential class-action lawsuit against the nation’s largest private prison company over allegations of violence at the Idaho Correctional Center has been settled in federal court. The agreement between the inmates and Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America was filed ...

A decision by managers of a silver mine in northern Idaho to remove ore from a pillar providing support contributed to the collapse of a tunnel that killed a 53-year-old miner in April, federal investigators said. The Mine Safety and ...

An eastern Idaho man who pleaded guilty to felony wire fraud and money laundering as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors is asking a federal judge for leniency. Daren Palmer filed paperwork in U.S. District Court in Pocatello the ...

A task force helping implement Idaho’s plan to phase in laptops for high school teachers and students was cautioned Sept. 12 against contact with computer vendors that might be eyeing a potentially lucrative contact with the state. The 39-member panel ...

A University of Idaho student who suffered serious injuries in a 27-foot fall from a fraternity house window two years ago is suing the school. Amanda Andaverde, who is from Caldwell, and her family filed a lawsuit in 2nd District ...

 The U.S. District Court in Idaho has approved a $263.4 million settlement with Hecla Mining Co., the silver producer said Sept. 9, which would bring closer to an end one of the nation’s largest Superfund lawsuits. The Department of Justice ...

The state averted a federal takeover of insurance rate increase reviews in Idaho. Federal officials said in July they would assume the responsibility of reviewing increases of 10 percent or more in health insurance premiums proposed by private Idaho insurance ...

A consortium of Idaho business people has resurrected a failed idea from the 2008 Legislature that for many still holds the allure of helping communities address local needs while boosting their economies: Letting residents vote to tax themselves so they ...

A former congressman and Republican hopeful for governor is among those leading a group of investors alleging they were cheated out of millions in a real estate investment deal, a group that will be asking the Montana Supreme Court later ...