Idaho lawmakers may consider expanding a jobs incentive that state officials say already is generating hundreds of new jobs in the state; Sandpoint Sen. Shawn Keough says it could do more for small, rural communities like those in her North Idaho district. You can read...
Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo was named chairman of the Senate Banking Committee today, succeeding Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama. The Senate tonight passed a resolution ratifying an earlier vote of the committee making Crapo the new chair. He had been in line for the chairmanship…
New Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robyn Brody was formally invested in her new office today, in a ceremony that included heartfelt remarks both from Brody and from new Chief Justice Roger Burdick; a ceremonial “robing” in which Brody’s husband, 5th District Judge Jonathan Brody, helped...
Idaho’s tight labor market is expected to continue, state Department of Labor officials told lawmakers today, with the labor force growing by 24 percent from 2000 to 2016, while the population grew by 35 percent. But the population gains are projected to come...
“Tepid” has been “kind of the word for the decade so far” when it comes to the stock market, Bob Maynard, chief investment officer for the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho, told lawmakers today. “This year, as I speak, the capital markets outlook is warmer than it was previously but still...
Megan Ronk, director of the Idaho Department of Commerce, told lawmakers today, “Overall, I would say that I’m very optimistic. Certainly we have some challenges that we have to work through and that we’ll continue to face at a statewide level, but Idaho is continually…
The U.S. economy is predicted to grow 2 percent this fiscal year, and 2.2 percent in each of the subsequent years, fiscal year 2018 and 2019, Idaho chief economist Derek Santos told lawmakers today. “That’s pretty moderate,” Santos said. And Idaho’s economy is likely to...
Lawmakers on the joint Economic Outlook Committee began their work today by going over their information packet, which is online here. It’s packed with information about Idaho’s economy, from 10-year trends in state economic indicators to population by county, and from gross state product by...
The Legislature’s joint Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee is convening this morning at the Capitol, for a full day of hearings on the state of Idaho’s economy as lawmakers prepare to gauge how much tax revenue will be available for next year’s state budget....
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