Idaho Business Review IBR

Your MBA may have just got a little more expensive, even if tuition’s exactly the same. Although a Masters in Business Administration is a popular means of growing income and advancing professionally, a recent tax court ruling could increase the ...

Hailey’s new Syringa Mountain School has secured property with plans to open this fall. The charter school leased a 17,600-square-foot warehouse at 4021 Glenbrook Drive, with plans to it renovate it prior to the start of the 2014 school year. ...

Idaho may be forced to repay $13.3 million to the federal government and might never recover another $14.5 million that Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is now recommending the state inject into a $60 million education broadband project mired in a ...

The federal government said Jan. 30 it has blocked millions in funding to Idaho’s education broadband system because a lawsuit over the project’s $60 million contract raised questions about who should get the cash. The Federal Communications Commission withheld $7 ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna said Jan. 27 that he won’t run for re-election, clearing the way for Democrats and Republicans in a race for an open seat. Luna, the architect of the failed “Students Come First” overhaul rejected ...

When Dee Mooney took her job as executive director of the Micron Foundation in 2006, the emphasis on STEM education (short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics) was so new to the mainstream that Mooney sometimes found herself explaining that ...

If lawmakers can get past jokes about too many lawyers in Boise already, the University of Idaho stands a good chance of doubling its programs in the state’s capital. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is behind a $400,000 measure to add ...

Total operating expenses for each Boise State University scholarship football player were $172,415 in 2011, including scholarships to the university. That outpaced spending at the University of Idaho, Idaho State University and most Football Bowl Subdivision schools. The costs for ...

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter billed his State of the State speech on Jan. 6 and its proposed 2.9 percent, $37.4 million boost for public education as the start of a five-year journey to lift the quality of Idaho’s schools. Immediately ...

If new Boise State University football coach Bryan Harsin leaves for a new job within two years, he’ll hand over the $2 million in base compensation he’ll make during that time. The terms of Harsin’s deal, approved by the Idaho ...