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(UPDATE – adds comments from Molina) Seven months after Molina Healthcare started administering Medicaid payments to health providers, Idaho doctors and clinics are still struggling to get their bills paid on time. While the unpaid bills are a problem, providers ...

Chubbuck is one step closer to welcoming its new Allstate Insurance call center to town. Pentad Properties broker Brent Wilson confirmed the Chicago-based insurance company, which plans to open a 75,000-square-foot call center facility, completed its purchase of a 9.5-acre ...

The state’s two largest lobbying groups for business expect little opposition to a proposal to shore up small business unemployment tax payments. “Here’s the problem: We’re in debt to the tune of $200 million, in a situation where the employment ...

Idaho Health and Welfare Director Dick Armstrong says the best remaining option for his agency to get control of rising Medicaid costs and demand is to cut programs that aren’t essential, required by federal rules or in some cases are ...

Highway 12 megaload opponents want to talk to Idaho Transportation Department Director Brian Ness. Residents opposed to ConocoPhillips’ plan to ship oversized loads on U.S. 12 through north central Idaho filed a request that Ness hear their oral arguments against ...

An attorney for Eagle-based Alternate Energy Holdings said SEC allegations against the company that claim it manipulated stock prices are “blatantly false.” Richard Roth said court documents filed Jan. 14 prove that all SEC allegations, including claims that AEHI was ...

A tax break for producers of alternative energy that’s up for renewal this year will face opposition from a group that says residents near wind farms aren’t being treated fairly. Idahoans for Responsible Wind Energy want lawmakers to make sure ...

The Idaho Business Review is presenting its fourth annual Best Places to Work publication and event. The IBR works with Treasure Valley research firm Populus to determine the top companies to work for based on employee input on website-based surveys. ...

With more than 4,000 attendees expected, Idaho Business League is ready to open the doors to its 20th Business & Technology Expo on Jan. 26-27. “Having been around for 20 years, we’ve seen countless development and changes in technology and ...

Diamond Rental has closed its 12,000-square-foot branch at 627 N. DuPont Ave., Boise. The branch rented party and event supplies. Rick Rutherford, general manager of the company’s party division, said the location saw progressively lower pricing in a market where ...