The Idaho Department on Labor reported last year that Idaho was aging faster than the rest of the country. Since then, the disparity has widened. When the Idaho Department of Labor wrote its report last year, Idaho had outpaced the country ...
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Idaho Kombucha launches crowdfunding campaign
The Idaho fermented tea brewery Idaho Kombucha has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help it purchase new production equipment. Terri and Mike Landa opened Idaho Kombucha in 2014 after sampling kombucha that a visitor brought from Seattle. The couple enjoyed ...
Read More »Garden City project highlights businesses and arts 
City officials from Garden City have put up nine signs along the Greenbelt to direct attention to local businesses and the arts. The Garden City Urban Renewal Agency used a grant from COMPASS and money from the Idaho Wine Commission and ...
Read More »New York, San Francisco investors place $5 million in Boise insurance platform 
Boise-based Covr Financial has been hiring developers and support staff since receiving $5 million in funding from investors on both coasts. Todd Ruplinger, owner of National Brokerage, founded Covr Financial in 2013 under the name 1 Click Coverage. Covr Financial is ...
Read More »U.S. entrepreneurs are older, more ethnically diverse 
Many of the factors that have affected startup growth since the Great Recession are resulting in an older and more diverse demographic among business owners than in previous decades. Every year, the Kauffman Foundation publishes a series of reports detailing ...
Read More »New business incubator opens in Boise
Jonni Armani, a photographer and actor, and his wife Shelly West, a former fashion designer and author of 17 romance novels, moved to Boise from Portland last year because they thought it would be a better atmosphere for their three ...
Read More »Department of Insurance requests feedback on licensing 
The Idaho Department of Insurance is seeking feedback on its licensing and renewal process. The move is part of a process that the state started in May when Lt. Gov. Brad Little ordered Idaho state departments and self-governing agencies to ...
Read More »Forest fires and winter weather are raising Idaho’s homeowners insurance rates 
Homeowners insurance rates have risen about 15 percent in Idaho since 2012 due to forest fires and winter storms, according to a new report by the personal finance website ValuePenguin. In a report on Idaho, ValuePenguin research analyst Craig Casazza ...
Read More »Washington manufacturer opens manufacturing facility in Hayden 
Two economic development organizations in northern Idaho used an available manufacturing space and a state tax credit to attract a Washington company to Hayden. Jon Smalley, CEO of SmaK Plastics, said he became interested in the area after the Panhandle Area Council ...
Read More »Ag earnings drive Idaho’s personal income growth this year 
Personal income grew faster in Idaho during the first quarter of 2017 than in any other state. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released a report for the first quarter of 2017 on June 27 that showed Idaho’s personal income growth rate of ...
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