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U.S. Commerce Department’s Export Achievement Certificates were awarded to these businesses on May 7 during World Trade Day at the Grove Hotel in Boise.

For the last two years, Iogen had leaned toward building a cellulosic ethanol facility near Shelley, near where farmers already are under contract to provide the wheat and barley straw, corn leaves and stalks, and switch grass used to produce ethanol.

The positives also listed the opportunity for growth, a strong local economy, strong work ethic and access to decision makers as the top reason they want to stay in the valley.

One lucky Idaho medical student each year will soon have some extra financial help–and fewer worries about debt–thanks to the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation of Boise.

"This is certainly a large contract for us and represents a year backlog," said Mark Warner, vice president and general manager of MotivePower Inc.

Idaho already has an established trade relationship with Mexico, but state officials say a burgeoning middle class makes Mexico a prime market for future consumption of Idaho potatoes, onions, dairy products and frozen foods.

The Governor’s Science & Technology Advisory Council is no more, the State’s Office of Science & Technology remains woefully underfunded, and efforts to improve the state’s education system and encourage more Idahoans to go to college are floundering.

Thousands of former customers still use the company’s original DOS-based software without a problem.

Eliminating the tax credit would put Idaho at a competitive disadvantage with surrounding states that offer research and development credits, Otter wrote.