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To help promote its economic development efforts, Twin Falls is going to the dogs. The city, which became a Metropolitan Statistical Area in January 2018, launched a website, www.twinfallsidaho.org, to help promote the region and was looking for the perfect ...

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In a nondescript warehouse in west Boise, next door to a recreational vehicle lot, Richard Ellinger is pacing off the size of the new fabrication facility on the concrete floor. That’s because his company recently established a joint partnership that ...

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The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) is doubling the size of the grant available to Idaho for a Women’s Business Center, with the intention that the state could actually end up with two centers. “The SBA has expanded the Idaho ...

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A bill to allow Idaho farmers to grow hemp for industrial and medicinal uses, as well as allow neighboring states to transport hemp across Idaho, was passed by the House on March 18. HB122 — approved in a 63-7 vote — now ...

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A grant program from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve rural broadband internet has been expanded, which could mean better service for parts of Idaho. The program is called Alternative Connect America Cost Model, or A-CAM. To comply, providers ...

As the Idaho Legislature winds down for the session, another business-oriented bill appears to be falling by the wayside, this one a sales tax exemption on equipment for data centers. After several similar attempts failed over the past few years, ...

Idaho cities that have used urban renewal funding for economic development purposes are concerned about a bill working its way through the Legislature that would require a vote of the people for a wide variety of such projects. The bill, ...

More than 550 people attended the Idaho Business Review’s Women of the Year gala on March 6, gathering to honor 50 Idaho women for their achievements in business and philanthropy. The evening culminated with the naming of Cherie Buckner-Webb, an ...

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Angel investors want to fund companies, but startups need to prove that they deserve the money, and to do that, they need to have their stuff together. That’s according to Kevin Learned, partner with Loon Creek Capital in Boise, who ...

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In response to industry pushback, a bill that is intended to make it easier for restaurants to get liquor licenses has been rewritten and resubmitted. The original bill, which was held in the Senate State Affairs Committee in mid-February, would ...

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