Boise mayor decries low wages in Idaho’s capital city

The state isn’t doing enough to boost its capital city or the university within it, so Boise’s varied sectors need to band together to make sure the city can foster high-knowledge, high-wage business development, Boise Mayor Dave Bieter says.

Bieter targeted state economic policy Wednesday in his annual speech to the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce. Idaho leads the nation in its proportion of minimum-wage jobs and is consistently among the lowest-wage states, he said.

Worse, Bieter said, the state seems content to sell itself as a cheap place to do business. He used as an example the state’s efforts earlier this year to attract firearms manufacturers.

By KRISTIN RODINE — [email protected]

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