If you have trouble getting jazzed about health care policy, consider this: “Between 1999 and 2012, workers’ health care costs grew four times faster than their earnings,” The Atlantic reports. The data is drawn from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual Employer Health Benefits survey, released this week. The survey also includes information about how employers [...]
In Idaho, this summer’s drought has picked winners and losers. In southeast Idaho, farmers with deep wells and sophisticated irrigation systems predicted record profits as harvest time began last month. Meanwhile, dryland farmers nearby contemplated withered spring wheat fields, and hoped to break even. Now, dryland wheat farmer Hans Hayden says the drought is beginning [...]
The owner of Idaho’s Albertsons stores, Supervalu, announced today it will close 60 stores nationwide by the end of February. The Minneapolis-based grocery giant will close 27 western Alberstons stores, 19 in southern California and eight in Washington and Oregon. Supervalu spokesman Mike Siemienas says the company plans to close eight additional stores, but he [...]
It’s a straightforward pitch: Idaho is a gun-friendly state. Why not encourage gun manufacturers to come in and set up shop? Several years ago, that logic led Idaho’s Department of Commerce to begin recruiting “recreation technology” companies. The term refers to makers of all sorts of outdoor equipment, but the department’s most prominent pitch was [...]
The Idaho Department of Labor today approved $325,000 in worker training grants for two Boise-based companies. Locomotive maker MotivePower Inc. is eligible to receive $288,000 and iVinci Health, a hospital software company can get up to $38,000. Workforce Development Training grants are reimbursements to companies that need to train new employees, existing employees or employees [...]
Kayla Cuellar counts herself lucky. She was born and raised in Idaho, and considers it a great place for the business she and her husband started a few years ago. It’s called Valiant Firearms and Ammunition, and it specializes in pistol and rifle ammunition. Each cartridge is assembled by hand. Cuellar spends a lot of [...]
Molly Messick / StateImpact Idaho BJ Swanson is executive director of the Latah Economic Development Council. Click above for an interactive map of all gun and ammunition manufacturers in Idaho. A few years ago, state leaders got the idea to promote Idaho to the outdoor industry, including gun manufacturers. After all, Idaho is a more [...]
There are 180 firearms and ammunition makers in the state of Idaho. They’re spread across much of the state, with many locations clustered around Boise, Coeur d’Alene and Lewiston.
Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies was released this week, and 18 Idaho businesses made the cut. To qualify, companies apply by providing relevant financials and a general description of their business. Some familiar companies that frequent these kinds of rankings were again included. Scentsy ranks 516, Balihoo ranks 853 and Pita [...]
Micron Technology CEO Mark Durcan is scheduled to speak at next week’s City Club of Boise luncheon. Duran took over as CEO in February after longtime CEO Steve Appleton died in a plane crash. Micron employs more than 5,000 people in Idaho, but has gone through a series of layoffs since 2005. The company shuttered [...]
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