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Labor statistics for Idaho are continuing their return to normalcy, according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Idaho Department of Labor (DOL). While the state’s job openings, hires and quits all showed ...

The Idaho Department of Labor (DOL) released the October unemployment rate for the Gem State on Nov. 18, which was unsurprising both in content and tone. The unemployment rate crept up o.1% to 2.9% compared with September, making October “the ...

After the announcement for the Kroger and Albertsons’ merger, six state Attorneys General (AG) wrote the two firms about antitrust concerns. Idaho’s AG was one of them. Noting the legal move, the Idaho Business Review asked the AG’s office both ...

Read More Albertsons News Judge Ken Schubert of the King County Superior Court in Washington state granted the motion filed by Robert Ferguson, the Washington Attorney General (AG), to use of live testimony in a Nov. 17 hearing for a ...

Hiding in plain sight along State Highway 52 west of Emmett is a sign next to the entrance of the Covia sand pit, with the brag of “27 years of no lost-time accidents.” Those in the sand and gravel business ...

Read More Albertsons News The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (DC) on the afternoon of Nov. 8 denied the motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Albertsons’ $4 billion special dividend payout. The special dividend was ...

The largest public event venue in eastern Idaho will open officially on Nov. 28. The Mountain America Center (MAC) will hold a ribbon cutting on that Monday morning to mark the end of 16 years of feasibility studies, fundraising activities, ...

Read More Albertsons News The King County Superior Court in Washington state granted attorney general Robert Ferguson’s motion for a temporary restraining order on Nov. 3 barring the $4 billion special dividend that Albertsons intended to pay on Monday, Nov. ...

Boise-based Albertson’s is now facing legal action in both Washington state and in U.S. District Court. The controversy is over a special dividend originally scheduled for Monday, Nov. 7. When Albertsons and Kroger announced their intent to merge on Oct. ...

Read More IBR Headlines When Albertsons and Kroger announced their intent to merge on Oct. 14, the terms of the deal included a special dividend that Albertsons would issue to its stockholders on Nov. 7. As described in a previous ...