Idaho Business Review IBR

This is a tale of two governors and the importance they place on every state’s largest job-generator, small businesses. One governor, Idaho’s Brad Little, believes having that generator well-oiled is the best way to aid his state’s recovery from the ...

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials on Monday approved a contract with Florida-based vendor ClassWallet to distribute $50 million in federal coronavirus emergency money to low-income families to help children learn during the coronavirus pandemic. The Idaho State Board of ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The top official at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said on Oct. 15 he’s still working despite a federal judge ruling he’s illegally holding the position. “I love this job,” William Perry Pendley said, adding ...

Kootenai County has a problem. Its highways were last updated back when President Richard Nixon resigned. Since that time, the county’s population has exploded 340% and all those people are driving around on 800 miles of antiquated highways more than ...

In the Treasure Valley, the hottest contest in the upcoming general election is not the one for U.S. President. It’s the tussle over three seats on the Board of Commissioners of the Ada  County Highway Department. At stake is the ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the state of Idaho’s bid to overturn a case involving a transgender inmate who sued state officials to obtain sex reassignment surgery. The Court had ruled 7-2 in ...

Governor Brad Little announced on Oct. 15 for the ninth time that Idaho was not yet ready to advance out of Stage Four of the Idaho Rebounds program. Eighteen weeks of Stage Four Idaho has been stalled in Stage Four ...

The board of commissioners of the Capital City Development Corporation, Boise’s urban renewal agency, blessed the go-ahead for a new project, but that wasn’t the interesting thing about the Oct. 12 meeting. It even took a look ahead to the ...

There’s a Constitutional Amendment on your ballot this fall, and to protect your representation in the Idaho Statehouse, you should vote “Yes.” This amendment, HJR 4, is a promise to you and every Idaho voter. The proposed amendment will permanently ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Air Force violated environmental laws by not adequately studying how noise from military jets coordinating exercises with plain-clothed soldiers on the ground in Idaho could harm humans and wildlife, a judge has ruled. U.S. ...