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COVID-19 is the supervirus world health officials warned us would someday come and just over a year later, it was everywhere, including Idaho. During the pandemic, over 192,000 Idahoans tested positive for COVID-19 and another 2,097 have lost their lives. ...

Now that Idaho’s public higher education spring 2021 commencement ceremonies are over, as Board president, I want to congratulate the administrators, faculty, and staff at each of Idaho’s colleges and universities, and draw attention to their remarkable accomplishments since March ...

This year it seems like it’s been one dam issue after another. (Yes, we’re 12.) In fact, this issue has not just one but two dam articles. One is about the plan to make Anderson Ranch Dam six feet taller ...

Congressman Newhouse seems really committed to comparing the Boise Airport and the four lower Snake River dams.  Not only is that comparison so flawed that it is absurd, but it is also striking because it reveals how little Congressman Newhouse ...

I grew up on the family farm in Kansas where, walking the property’s fence line as a boy with my dog, I began to appreciate the beauty of our natural world. It’s been a long journey from that farm in ...

The Idaho Department of Labor takes fraud seriously. We are using several methods to monitor and protect the unemployment insurance trust fund while ensuring those who are entitled to benefits receive them. In a recent commentary article in the Idaho ...

The 2021 Legislative session is a wrap. And, as is the case every year, the business community has issues to celebrate, to lament and to “wonder why they did that.” The Boise Metro Chamber was deeply engaged on policy issues, ...

One of the things I like to point out is that this publication is the Idaho Business Review, and consequently covers business news from all over the state. While the Treasure Valley is certainly important, it’s not the be-all and end-all of ...

Starting a business is exciting and nerve-wracking. Whether you are a sole proprietorship, small consultancy or a manufacturer with big plans to scale fast, setting up your new company properly is important to create and preserve your limited liability protection. ...

Idaho’s most powerful politicians want us to believe we need solutions to problems that do not exist. As the Legislature voted away some of our precious rights — such as our right to citizen-led initiatives — supermajority politicians focused their ...