Idaho Business Review IBR

The House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted to introduce the bio and tech investor tax credit. The legislation would give investors in Idaho biotech companies a 45 percent tax credit, and a 35 percent tax credit for investment in Idaho ...

    Earlier today I blogged about a reporter from the Idaho Press-Tribune who is leaving to be a P.R. flack for the Nampa Public Library. The Ridenbaugh Press blog picked on up the theme this afternoon with a post (basically a rewrite of a ...

Idaho high school students have a new incentive to pick a college close to home. The University of Idaho announced late last month that it will offer a minimum of $6,000 over four years to any Idaho student who meets ...

A group of local investors plans to build a new 120,000-square-foot, 50-bed hospital in Boise, on the 3.4 acre site located at Fairview and 27th Avenue.  Spokeswoman Bobbie Kale said the project was being managed by 24 local investors, though ...

BUILDING PERMITS CITY OF BOISE PERMIT/TYPE    OWNER    BUILDER    LOCATION    VALUE 00412-roofing, siding, windows    not listed    Pro-Tech Roofing Inc.    1215 W. State St.    164,425 00418-commercial roofing    Parkwood Development    Precision Single Ply    4810 W. Clark St.    7,000 00375-sign    not listed    Lytle Signs ...

An Idaho Senate committee put the brakes on a bill that would have required that the price of real estate be disclosed to county assessors to help them determine property taxes. Sen. Shawn Keough, Sandpoint, and Rep. Wendy Jaquet, Ketchum, ...

Although some vendor consolidation started after Supervalu’s November 2006 announcement that the company would move its merchandising and marketing group from Boise to Minneapolis, Supervalu CEO Jeff Noddle said Feb. 20 that Albertsons vendors won’t vanish from the town. The ...

Efforts to restore and reinvent downtown Nampa’s landmark Pix Theatre entered the long-awaited gut/cleanup phase late last week. Workers prepared to start the interior work March 2, followed by community volunteers the next day. Ultimately, members of the nonprofit Pix ...

Trent Wright is the executive vice president of the Idaho Automobile Dealers Association. A self-described “car-junkie,” he brings knowledge of the car industry, as well as the legislative process, to his work. Are members required to join Idaho Automobile Dealers ...

A Boise-area developer plans to submit a new plan for 762.7 acres off Purple Sage Road in eastern Canyon County, near Middleton. Dick Phillips, president of Willowbrook Development in Garden City, on Feb. 15 withdrew a rezone application before the ...