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The number of Idaho COVID-19 related lawsuits is suitable According to the national COVID-19 lawsuit case tracker at law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth, 7,734 COVID-related lawsuits were filed in the United States in 2020 and 4,841 in 2021. In Idaho, ...

The City of Boise wants to issue $570 million in bonds spread over a 10-year period that will finance the replacement of water treatment equipment, much of which is over 70 years old in a system that still includes water ...

The University of Idaho is pioneering a new technology that turns Idaho wood waste into sustainable building construction materials by using it as a medium for 3D-printing.   College of Engineering Assistant Professional Michael Maughan was awarded nearly $4 million from the National ...

Taking advantage of lower interest rates continues to be popular with Idaho firms and local governments and taxing districts. This time around, it is the french fry giant Lamb Weston jumping on the opportunity to reissue some of its debt ...

Director Brian Ness joined the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) in 2009, traveling over 2,000 miles across the country from Michigan where he worked for 30 years at the Michigan Department of Transportation. He was familiar with Idaho, but did not ...

Two tech-based entrepreneurial ventures tied as pitch competition runners up at this year’s Boise Entrepreneur Week (BEW). Crimson Medical Solutions and Maggie were awarded second place Tuesday following the BEW Two Minute Drill pitch competition, and because of the tie, event organizers awarded both companies $5,000 each in cash prizes.    Crimson Medical ...

The consensus is a lot of work will be done both in an office and from home, a hybrid, as panelists discussed during Idaho Business Review’s Oct. 5 Office Life Breakfast Series event, but that’s just one challenge many are ...

Jettisoning Bi-Mart’s pharmacy business, which is being acquired by Walgreens, was a matter of survival for the employee-owned membership discount store chain. Vice President of Advertising and Marketing Don Leber, based in Eugene, Oregon, ticked off several reasons the chain’s pharmacy business was dragging down the company. Bi-Mart operates five ...

Idaho State University (ISU) is doing its part to improve access to health care and increase health care services for Idahoans with several new clinic options. The clinic expansion project includes a rehabilitation counseling clinic, an integrated mental health clinic, nutrition services outpatient clinic, ISU Meridian health care and a new physical and occupational therapy clinic. The programming and design, led by the Hummel Architects team, considered almost ...

Western Aircraft opens new hangar in Boise Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, has announced its completion of the first phase of its $17M expansion with the opening of a new 53,000-square-foot hangar. The hangar is part of the 93,000-square-foot ...