economy

The poverty designations are often shared by college towns but give rise to the old adage about lies, damn lies and statistics.

With Mexico's presidential election out of the way, Canada is renewing its push to speed up the NAFTA renegotiation this summer

WalletHub finds the state’s economy is now the 7th strongest in the country.

From old town to uptown, Twin Falls home decor shop is closer to opening in a new location this summer.

The pecan is being rebranded as more than just pie. Pecan growers and suppliers are hoping to sell U.S. consumers on the virtues of North America's only native nut as a hedge against a potential trade war with China

You can pick apart any good thing and find the bad - but when it comes to the economic outlook of Idaho, it is all good.

She’s believes the Idaho of 2018 is where California was 50 years ago.

Once again, Idaho has held steady with the seasonably adjusted unemployment rate at 3% for six months in a row in February.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the Gem state has stayed steady at 3% for January. According to the Idaho Department of Labor, it is the fifth consecutive month at that rate. Nonfarm jobs went up by 500 in January to 728,600.

So many U-Haul trucks leave and never return the state is now faced with a shortage of moving trucks and vans.

The tax cut is in effect but you realize it means an even smaller return next year.

Idaho lawmakers on an economic outlook committee are predicting that the state will see roughly $3.8 billion in tax revenue in the 2019 fiscal year — a more than 5 percent increase from the previous year, mirroring Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's revenue projections for the sixth year in a row.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Education officials say thousands of science, technology, engineering and math jobs are going unfilled each year in Idaho due to a lack of skilled workers. The Lewiston Tribune reports that education officials told the state Legislature's joint budget committee last week that 7,000 STEM jobs went unfilled in Idaho last year — double the number from the prior year...

The public has a chance to review and comment on an air quality permit for a major potato processing facility in the Min-Cassia Area.

The city of Boise has lost its contentious bid to be the future home of F-35 stealth fighter jets. U.S. Air Force officials announced Thursday they had chosen National Guard bases in Alabama and Wisconsin as their preferred locations.

Three months after they became legal, sales of recreational marijuana in Nevada are continuing to outpace projections.

Growth in the city has also brought new challengers for dining choices.

Construction of new homes fell 4.7 percent in September, the biggest decline in six months, reflecting weakness in both single-family activity and apartment building.

As for younger people there are still challenges in keeping them down on the farm.

Even a brief conflict could scuttle trade for weeks to months and maybe even beyond.