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In what may be a shift in direction, Sen. Mike Crapo, chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, has indicated he might soon schedule hearings on a bill that would let bankers serve legal marijuana businesses. Crapo told ...

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Several banks and credit unions based in or serving Idaho are ranked highly on lists of the healthiest banks and credit unions and top community banks nationwide. The healthy banks list was put out by DepositAccounts.com, a Lending Tree company, ...

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As part of a nationwide streamlining expected to result in a 10% reduction in headcount, Wells Fargo Bank has merged its business and commercial banking lines in the Idaho region under one manager. “We’ve had, historically, two lines of business: ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Conservation groups are suing the federal government for failing to designate critical habitat for endangered mountain caribou in the inland Northwest. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Idaho by groups including the Center ...

The Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a woman’s felony drug conviction because the law the police officer used to make the traffic stop that led to her arrest is unconstitutionally vague. The Idaho Press reports that Samantha Nicole Cook was ...

The Idaho Department of Labor plans to eliminate more than half of its job service offices in the state, officials said. Fourteen of the 25 offices will close by September, the Idaho Press reported Monday. In the last 10 years, ...

City officials say Boise is installing facial recognition technology at its city halls to keep “banned people” out of the government buildings. Mayor David Bieter’s spokesman Mike Journee says the city will spend $52,000 to install the technology at Boise ...

Despite tighter-than-tight inventory and big price gains from last year, the Boise metro area is still one of the best places in the U.S. for people looking to buy a home for the first time, according to a new study ...

EAGLE — A local company is aiming to take a larger bite out of the rapidly growing U.S. pet medication sales market. PetIQ on July 8 finalized its acquisition of Perrigo’s animal health unit for $185 million in cash. Now a ...

A Boise-based homebuilder has lost its good standing with a leading consumer advocacy organization. CBH Homes is longer accredited by the Better Business Bureau due to what it calls a “no response” to a complaint leveled by a consumer against ...