At the end of June, Idaho’s Tax Reimbursement Incentive (TRI) program, intended to help encourage more companies to come to and expand in Idaho, will be completing its fourth year, and it remains one of the Idaho Department of Commerce’s ...

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The state projected to lead the nation in app economy job growth by 2024 is…Idaho? That’s the finding of the sixth edition of the State of the App Economy study, from ACT | The App Association, released on April 16, ...

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In an effort to develop Idaho’s mining industry, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Director of Commerce Bobbi-Jo Meuleman are leading a team of Idaho mining businesses to New York and Toronto later this month. If New York and Toronto seem ...

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Idaho will send five representatives to Japan later this month to encourage foreign direct investment by Japanese companies in the state. Participants include Kelly Anthon, Rupert city administrator and state senator; Jan Rogers, CEO of Regional Economic Development Corp. for ...

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DICK’S Sporting Goods, which operates five stores in Idaho, has announced that it will stop selling certain firearms and accessories after the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. “Thoughts and prayers are not enough,” Chairman and CEO Ed Stack ...

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A bill that would have provided a sales tax exemption on computer equipment purchased for a data center, in the hopes of attracting more such businesses to Idaho, is dead for this session, according to the Department of Commerce, which ...

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