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John McCreedy, CEO of Amalgamated Sugar, spoke to the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 25 about the business he leads. What quickly became obvious as he spoke was that Amalgamated Sugar is not your typical run-of-the-sugar-mill company. McCreedy started ...

State finance leaders believe Idaho’s banks, credit unions and other financial institutions are headed into a good year, and did well over the past year, considering the pandemic. The Idaho Department of Finance has released its 115th annual report, this ...

The Idaho House has passed a bill prohibiting companies that contract with the state of Idaho or any political subdivision, such as local governments, from discriminating against unvaccinated people. The Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce voted to oppose the bill ...

Through March 9, the U.S. Small Business Administration is accepting Paycheck Protection Program applications exclusively from businesses with fewer than 20 employees. According to the Biden Administration, 98% of U.S. small businesses fall into this category. Other changes that have been made ...

Virtual cryptocurrency is establishing a physical presence in Idaho, with three ATMs already installed in three cities — Chubbuck, Idaho Falls and Pocatello — and CoinFlip CEO Daniel Polotsky has the Boise area on his radar. A total of 40 ...

The real estate funding platform CrowdStreet ranked Boise as the tenth-best market for real estate investment. That result was from a report the firm published in early February on the best places in the country to invest in commercial real ...

In reaction to President Joe Biden’s executive order to reopen the federal health insurance exchange, state insurance exchanges around the country also opened special enrollment periods. All but two of the special enrollment periods are three or more months. Idaho ...

The intersection of 17th Street and Woodruff Avenue in Idaho Falls is the worst in Bonneville County, though not for much longer. Its redesign is scheduled for 2022. The Idaho Falls City Council voted on Feb. 25 to exercise its ...

Despite COVID-19, deal flow in Idaho’s startup industry was essentially flat compared with last year, though the number of deals is down by a third. Overall, investment deals were $4.4 billion in 2020, compared with $4.42 billion the previous year, ...

While the number of deals in 2020 may have been down, 2021 looks to be a busy one. Here’s a sampling of the mergers, investments, acquisitions and lauds that Idaho’s tech ecosystem has received in just the past couple of ...