Morning News: Idaho’s CNBC Business Ranking Improves, Obama Announces Steps To Help Small Biz

Obama orders new steps to help small business – “President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a series of modest steps aimed at helping small businesses, his latest election-year effort to counter Republican attacks on his economic record and show voters he is trying to tackle high unemployment.” Reuters

Will Medicaid Bring The Uninsured Out Of The Woodwork? – “Ever since the Supreme Court decided last month that an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act should be optional, quite a few Republican governors have been vowing to take a pass.” NPR

Idaho jumps to 13th in national business ranking – “The business and financial news network CNBC has ranked Idaho 13th in the nation for business. Last year, it ranked Idaho 31st. Each state was scored based on publicly available data in 51 areas. Those areas fell into 10 categories:” Idaho Statesman