Idaho News & Events

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.

"Creating this endowed chair is a great way for us to help educate the next generation of power systems professionals."

Increasing the minimum wage would mean less worker turnover, less training, more loyalty and more productivity from workers, according to backers of the initiative.

Three months ago, Price, a 31-year-old Idaho native, announced that he was setting a new minimum salary of $70,000 at his Seattle credit card processing firm, Gravity Payments, and slashing his own million-dollar pay package to do it.

Beer brewing supports 278 jobs in Idaho, totaling about $10 million in wages, the report said.

Fair or not, some Boiseans still believe their elected leaders care more about Downtown and its next-door neighborhoods than the city’s outlying areas.

"You know, it’s all good things," Kurek says, referring to the Telic shoe, a rubbery shoe in flip-flop, clog-style or slip-on designs. "They’re a great price … they’re a recycled product, they’re made in the U.S., and they’re comfortable."