It wasn't what you might think that made Ray Smelek decide to bring Hewlett-Packard's printer division to Boise in 1973, launching a high-tech industry in the Idaho capital city that transformed the city's economy. "From a personal point of view ... it seemed like a…
Gov. Butch Otter's transportation task force will hold its first meeting on Aug. 6, next Thursday. The governor's named the panel his "Task Force on Modernizing Transportation Funding in Idaho." Lt. Gov. Brad Little, who chairs the task force, said, “Our first meeting will largely…
Bright, advanced Idaho high school juniors can now compete to get into a new online science and math course offered in partnership with NASA - in part by impressing a local state legislator. Or, perhaps, just knowing one. "We would like to get state lawmakers…
News, happenings and more from the Idaho Legislature and the state capital.
