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June 1, 2012

Essential StateImpact: Top Five Posts Of The Week (According To You)

Each week we look back at the five posts that got the most clicks, comments and shares.  Before you head out for a weekend adventure, take a look, let us know what you think, and pass it along! Idaho’s Transform Solar Received $1 Million In State Training Grants (and the updated version of this story […]

May 25, 2012

Stateline Charts Job Growth And Decline Post-Recession

Stateline, a news service from Pew Center on the States, recently posted this colorful look at jobs across all 50 states. According to Stateline, the U.S. has 4.8 million fewer jobs today than it did back in 2008.  The interactive data chart shows Idaho lost the bulk of its jobs in 2009 and 2010. Click […]

May 21, 2012

Tiny Idaho Town Ponies Up, But Its School Still Suffers

You might not guess it, if you happened to pass through, but tiny Rockland, Idaho, population 318, is a place of distinction.  The town has no grocery store.  Its gas station is just a couple of unmanned pumps where you pay by credit card.  But what this town does have is a school, and local […]

May 18, 2012

Essential StateImpact: Top Five Posts Of The Week

Here’s a look at the five posts generating the most comments, clicks and shares at StateImpact Idaho this week.  Take a look, share with your friends, and let us know what you think! Mapping Migration: Who Moves To Idaho Mapping Migration: Where Idahoans Go Housing Groups Cry Foul As Idaho Holds Onto Settlement Money Idaho Economist […]

Idaho’s Unemployment Rate Drops To 7.7 Percent

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in April, falling to 7.7 percent. The Idaho Department of Labor reports it is the ninth straight month of decline.  April’s jobless rate marks the lowest the state has seen since July 2009. “While the labor force remained essentially unchanged at 779,000 in April, […]

May 17, 2012

Mapping Migration: Where Idahoans Go

As we reported yesterday, Idaho’s population has grown more than 20 percent in the last decade. But just as new people move to the state, some Idahoans are moving out.

So, where do most Idahoans go?

Not surprisingly, many Idahoans move to nearby states. But there’s also a significant number of former Gem Staters in Virginia, Florida and Texas.

May 16, 2012

Mapping Migration: Who Moves To Idaho

You’re more likely to meet a Floridian than a North Dakotan in Idaho. In the last decade, Idaho’s population has grown by more than 20 percent. So, where are they coming from? We look at some interesting IRS data.

May 15, 2012

Idaho Lags Behind Nation In Percent Of People With A College Degree

There are fewer people with college degrees in Idaho than in many of its neighboring states and the nation. U.S. Census Bureau data from 2010 shows 24.4 percent of Idahoans aged 25 or older have a bachelor’s degree or higher.  The national average in 2010 was 28.2 percent. A report from Georgetown University’s Center on […]

Idaho’s First Quarter Exports Down Nearly 9 Percent

The Idaho Department of Commerce reports Idaho exports are down 8.9 percent from the first quarter of this year compared to the first quarter of 2011. Here’s what the department said in part of its press release today: Following a record year for Idaho exports in 2011 with total sales at nearly $6 billion, first-quarter […]

May 14, 2012

Reporter’s Notebook: Understanding The Refugee Travel Loan Program

Some stories take a long time to report.  StateImpact‘s recent piece on the refugee travel loan program is one example.  I first spoke to Legal Aid attorney Zoe Ann Olson in February, not long after I reported a story about how Idaho’s economic downturn has affected refugee resettlement.  Marcia Munden, the Catholic Charities social worker […]

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