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"I have a gut feel that there’s huge growth on the horizon," Sayer, 53, told the Idaho Statesman. "I’m feeling the longing to return to the private sector."

"We’re in the right business," he said. "We’re in the research and development business — and there’s a desperate need for science and engineering in our country to solve very difficult problems."

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The volatility and sharp declines of the Great Recession have given way to a period of steady improvement, according to economic forecasts from the Idaho Division of Financial Management.

"It’s still difficult to get people from Silicon Valley to come," Bounds said. "They don’t want to invest here."

The U.S. Department of Labor is urging Gov. Butch Otter to act on a new rule that requires home-care employers to pay most home-care workers minimum wage and overtime.

High-speed Internet access brings many benefits to rural communities, including economic development and better access to education and healthcare services such as distance learning and telemedicine.

First, the good news: Most companies can get top-notch data connections in the Treasure Valley, as long as they’re in an urban area.

The Treasure Valley offers the company tech talent, said Mike Robinson, Macy’s.com executive vice president of digital technology, customer experience and site merchandising.

A similar research and development expansion at Micron in 2011-12 added about 200 jobs. Micron employs more than 6,000 people in Idaho.

Micron Technology Inc. is on an innovation roll.