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Curious about maker spaces? Check out UP MakerSpace, the newest one in Garden City

"We’re hoping to create a community where people can meet other makers. No matter what they make."

Beyond worker rights violations, complaint against Idaho Department of Labor alleges possibly criminal acts

"This is about everything we hope Idaho government never becomes, and that’s abuse of private citizens’ rights."
David Leroy, defense attorney, former prosecutor and attorney general

Idaho projected to see $139M surplus

The amount is $92 million more than what lawmakers initially estimated and would make for a surplus of $139 million.

Idaho Receives $1.4 Million Federal Grant to Increase Registered Apprenticeships

Idaho is one of 37 recipients that will use a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand registered apprenticeships throughout the state in health care, information technology, advanced manufacturing and energy.

How Idaho’s lawyer workforce is changing, in charts and by numbers

Idaho’s demographics are changing, and so are the demographics of its lawyers.

A professional site selector’s advice on how Idaho can lure more well-paying jobs

In an interview, he cited trends suggesting why Idaho — and especially Boise — may be a destination for more companies in the coming years.

Idaho’s noncompete law bucks a national trend

Idaho businesses will have an easier time enforcing non-compete agreements that restrict key employees and independent contractors from engaging in post-employment competition.

Idaho’s Treasure Valley employers are embracing refugee workers more than ever. Here’s why.

"They come with a positive attitude every day, even if they wash dishes, which isn’t that especially fun," he said. "Everybody gets involved. It becomes so much more than just a job."

In Twin Falls, Idaho, co-dependency of whites and immigrants faces a test

Twin Falls is now a testing ground for whether the bitter cultural divisions intensified by this year’s presidential campaign can recede in favor of the co-dependency that marks many communities with large white and immigrant populations.

Idaho finds new way to figure the price tag of new laws

Under the new pilot program, lawmakers would be assigned a designated legislative data analyst who would review the proposal and work with various state agencies to help come up with a correct dollar amount.