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Idaho is losing about $250 million per year in taxes owed under current law, including $30 million in sales and use taxes that should be collected as part of transactions on the Internet, according to the Idaho Tax Commission. That ...

Boise State University is only halfway through its 2010 fiscal year, but officials said the university has already secured more external research and grant funding than it did for all of FY ’08, and “easily” outpaced last year’s second quarter ...

UPDATED: Rocky Mountain Development selected Thornton Oliver Keller, an independent commercial property brokerage and management firm based in Boise, as the exclusive listing agent for the former Boise City National Building, 805 W. Idaho St. Thornton Oliver Keller’s Mark Cleverley, ...

An Idaho House committee agreed to take a closer look at a bill that would try to trigger job growth by offering a 50 percent tax credit to investors who purchase equity in small businesses and later sell their stakes. ...

Over the last 18 months, the mixed-use development in Meridian called Portico has leased 265,000 square feet of commercial space. That’s about 80 percent of the 327,849-square-foot project at the Eagle Road exit off I-84. In a commercial real estate ...

A new report from the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources examines the Idaho forest products industry’s operating conditions, sales, employment and production for 2009, and forecasts conditions for 2010. Idaho’s Forest Products Industry: Current Conditions and Forecast provides ...

Go into one of the Boise area’s two new Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches eateries at a busy time and you’ll see employees working very quickly – and liking it. Owner-operators Jared Biethman (2959 N. Eagle Road, Meridian) and Matt Hodges ...

The Buy Idaho Capitol Show is set for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m Feb. 17 in the Idaho State Capitol Building. “We’ve just got a tremendous response on this,” said Dale Peterson, executive director for Buy Idaho. “It should be ...

The Syringa Bancorp board has extended its common stock offering to allow shareholders and investors time to participate. Syringa CEO and President Jerry Aldape said due to the fact the offering was made at possibly the worst time of the ...

Entities that provide data on available commercial properties are getting more active in the Boise area. Exposing properties to a large audience, and making sure information is accurate and timely, are important as market conditions remain challenging, sources said. In ...