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Women in Idaho earn about 74 percent as much as men, according to the most recent Census figures.
The U.S. Senate is slated to vote on an equal pay bill today. As The Boston Globe explains, the Paycheck Fairness Act would address the persistent wage gap between men and women by “requiring employers of companies with pay discrepancies to provide a reason for the gap.” Moreover, it would “bar employers from retaliating against employees who discuss pay.”
As we’ve noted a few times here on the StateImpact site, the disparity between men’s and women’s wages is especially great in Idaho. Boise’s pay gap was named eighth worst in the country earlier this year, in a ranking based on U.S. Census data.
The Paycheck Fairness Act isn’t expected to pass. In an article titled “Paycheck Fairness Act expected to fail” The Washington Post said of the bill: “[A]t its core it is not so much a legislative vehicle as a political one intended to embarrass Republicans and help President Obama and congressional Democrats with female voters in November.”
According to The Hill, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced an alternative measure this morning.
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In April, nine homes were under construction at one of Coleman Homes' developments outside of Boise.
Boise’s local NBC affiliate, KTVB, reported on a handful of recent rankings that put Idaho’s biggest city among those whose housing markets are making a come-back.Â
By definition, Boise isn’t a boomtown. At best, Boise’s housing market might be seeing a “boomlet,” but even that term is a stretch. Continue Reading →
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Judy Canada holds a model Airstream trailer.
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Judy Canada says the Airstream life makes her feel like a kid again.
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Duyane Canada has owned Airstream trailers for 30 years.
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The iconic silver Airstream has been on the road since the 1930s.
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Ted Davis owns Airstream Adventures Northwest.
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Inside a new Airstream trailer.
The silver bullet known as an Airstream trailer has roamed the nation’s highways since the 1930s. It’s as iconic as a Coke bottle.  The start of summer brings with it thoughts of exploring and camping. For some people, that means hitching up the Airstream and heading out on the highway.
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Transform Solar
Transform Solar will lay-off at least 250 employees, shutting down its Nampa, Idaho facility.
Earlier this week, Micron-owned Transform Solar, a maker of high-tech solar cells, announced it’s closing and laying-off at least 250 people over the next three months.
We first reported Transform has been reimbursed for just over $1 million of its $3.6 million workforce development training grant from the state of Idaho. That was using data from January 29. The Idaho Department of Labor reports as of May 30, Transform has been reimbursed for $1.68 million of that grant. Continue Reading →
