Supervalu will lay off 20 administrative employees in Boise between now and the end of August, the Idaho Statesman is reporting.Ā That news comes on the heels of the announcement this morning that the grocery chain has ousted CEO Craig Herkert. Albertsons’ parent company suspended its dividend earlier this month, leading to speculation that Supervalu […]
A new report from the University of Idaho touts the economic importance of agriculture in central Idaho’s Magic Valley. Agribusiness exports directly or indirectly create a third of jobs in the six-county area, the U of I Extension analysis says.Ā Those exports also directly or indirectly create two thirds of Magic Valley businesses’ sales, with […]
Republican governors are getting on-board with the online sales tax, according to a Wall Street Journal piece out today. In Idaho, a so-called “streamlined sales tax bill” failed last legislative session, and not for the first time.Ā The bill was intended to create a more reliable way of collecting the state’s 6 percent sales tax […]
Zions Bank broke ground today on the 18-story building that will take the place of the massive hole in the ground that has long been a feature of downtown Boise. The corner at 8th and Main has been vacant since the late 1980s, when a fire destroyed the Eastman building.Ā That made the groundbreaking a […]
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its most anticipated decision since Bush v. Gore yesterday, when it upheld the central provisions of the Affordable Care Act. While there’s wisdom in waiting for the dust to settle before issuing predictions about just how this will affect Idaho, it’s clear the ruling has implications for the state.Ā […]
Boise-based anti-fraud company Kount has watched its business grow by more than 350 percent in the last year.Ā That’s according to an article from the Idaho Business Review. “Fraud, especially credit card fraud, is nothing new in the marketplace, but it has only been a recent development that third-party companies focused specifically on Internet transactions […]
Early this year, Boise business leaders turned their attention to securing and maintaining strong air service in and out of the city. To that end, the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce established a new travel committee, and made preserving and attracting air service its chief focus.Ā Flight availability, they said, is key to business recruitment […]
It’s a rare thing for a small sawmill to try to get up and running while a crucial market driver for lumber — housing construction — remains in a national slump. So when the Emerald Forest Products mill reopened in Emmett, Idaho,Ā this month, something unusual was happening.Ā “That’s a news story,” timber industry expert Todd […]
Anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal health care law is mounting with talk of a decision early next week. Ā Here in Idaho, business leaders say the lack of a state-run health insurance exchange is a main point of concern. Legislators didnāt establish a state-run exchange last session, despite pressure from the Idaho […]
Stories about mill towns tend to go something like this: generations of families work at the local sawmill.Ā Then, the mill shuts down, taking hundreds of jobs with it.Ā Emmett, Idaho is one of those towns.Ā Boise Cascade closed its mill here in 2001.Ā But thatās not where this story ends.Ā Instead, it picks up […]
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