Idaho Business Review IBR

Look at the future with an open mind and be ready for that next opportunity, growth option or career move. That’s advice from Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, addressing more than 150 people at the State Capitol on March 23 ...

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden on March 24 asked the state Supreme Court to block the renewal of leases on Payette Lake and Priest Lake endowment lands. Wasden filed documents in which he argues that the lease rates the Idaho ...

A House committee couldn’t come to agreement on a package of reforms to the state’s urban renewal law this session, and lawmakers said the effort would have to wait until next year. The chairman of the House Revenue and Taxation ...

Les Schwab Tire Centers, one of the largest automotive businesses in the West, has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it refused to hire qualified women who applied for jobs changing tires. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...

Idaho Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, on March 19 chaired the first meeting of the Idaho Legislature Business Caucus. Republican state Senate and House of Representatives members with business backgrounds comprise the debut version of the group, which aims to “advance ...

An Idaho House committee rejected the idea of joining a national effort to collect sales from Internet transactions. The House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted 9-9 on March 18 against sending representatives from the Idaho State Tax Commission to participate ...

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter on March 17 became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health reforms that force residents to buy insurance. Similar legislation is pending ...

A Senate committee has scrapped a bill that would have provided out-of-state jet owners with a rebate on the sales taxes they pay on parts installed on their aircraft in Idaho, a measure that one Boise company said would have ...

A Senate committee has advanced a measure that would keep the public from accessing reports that describe how beef cattle feeding operations treat and manage waste. The Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee voted March 10 to approve a measure that would ...

Quit talking about repealing tax exemptions. Bring a bill to do it. That’s the message Rep. Dennis Lake, the House Revenue and Taxation Committee chairman, sent the Senate by shelving without a hearing its measure calling for an annual review ...