The gun debate has hit the retail sector, with a number of companies enacting no-open-carry policies and some organizations advocating for bills to limit businesses’ ability to take that step. Albertsons, Kroger (the parent company of Idaho retailer Fred Meyer), Walmart ...
Read More »
Attorneys general nationwide are calling for investigations into Facebook and Google, and Idaho attorney general Lawrence Wasden is participating. The attorney general’s office confirmed that it was participating in both of the investigations, but said it couldn’t comment further because ...
Tagged with: attorney general facebook google
Read More »
A task force intended to help improve broadband internet access in Idaho is pushing to get its report done sooner than scheduled in hopes of making it more likely the Idaho Legislature will address its recommendations during the 2020 session. ...
Tagged with: broadband task force
Read More »
New voter registration software the Secretary of State’s office plans to roll out in January will offer more security, meaning county clerks will no longer require a dedicated PC to connect to the system. However, that also means county clerks ...
Read More »
Rep. Robert Anderst felt frustrated when a constituent called him with a complaint about licenses. The man wanted to be a real estate agent, and because he “got busted for drugs 20 years ago,” he couldn’t get an Idaho license, ...
Read More »
The votes are in, and an elite group of legal professionals has risen above the rest in areas of leadership, professional achievements, mentorship and community service. These men and women come from small private firms, large firms, private companies and ...
Read More »
Boise City Council President Lauren McLean raised some eyebrows in May when she announced that she was challenging four-term Boise mayor Dave Bieter for the 2020 election. McLean was appointed by Bieter, with Council approval, in 2010. But McLean argues ...
Tagged with: Boise dave bieter lauren mclean
Read More »
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory have plans for $13 billion worth of construction projects over the next decade at the northern New Mexico complex as it prepares to ramp up production of plutonium cores ...
Read More »
August 20, 2019
Comments Off on Foundation to fund building of new Fish and Game HQ
A nonprofit organization that previously partnered with the Idaho Fish and Game Department to build a regional office building in Nampa will help with a similar construction project in Boise. Agency officials on Aug. 13 said it has awarded a ...
Read More »
Federal officials plan to create an environmental study that will look at raising one of three Boise River system dams to capture more water for fast-growing southwestern Idaho. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking comments through Sept. 9 and ...
Read More »
Idaho Business Review IBR