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Four panelists from various stakeholder groups combined their expertise on Aug. 18 about Idaho’s current and potentially future infrastructure successes, challenges and opportunities. These panelists were: Wayne Hammon, CEO of Idaho Association of General Contractors Bobbi-Jo Meuleman, deputy chief of staff for Gov. Brad Little Kelley Packer, executive director of the Association of Idaho Cities ...

Hello 2022 — with your promise of new challenges, but also new opportunities. In this first edition of the new year, Idaho Business Review (IBR) touched base with several industry stakeholders to ask about what they are preparing for and hope to succeed in. Construction: Wayne Hammon says all signs point to a continuation of a strong construction market in ...

Idaho overpaid road builders millions for shoddy work. State says it won’t happen anymore. Audrey Dutton, Idaho Capital Sun Updated at Share This Asphalt cracks on the road in front of Idaho Transportation Department headquarters on State Street in Boise. | Audrey Dutton, Idaho Capital Sun BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — Idaho has overpaid road builders for substandard work. For how long is unclear, but one estimate based on the Idaho Transportation Department’s asphalt paving budget suggests it may have overpaid $4.3 million in a single year. The apparently deficient material remai...

Idaho GOP legislator brings bill to grant driving privileges to undocumented immigrants Nicole Foy, The Idaho Statesman © Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman/TNS Estefania Mondragon, executive director of Poder of Idaho, is one of the young Idaho activists organizing a campaign that would allow undocumented Idahoans the ability to obtain a driver's license. BOISE, Idaho —An Idaho Republican's bill that would issue driving privileges to undocumented immigrants — and any Idahoan who doesn't want the federal Star Card — is back at the Legislature and being introduced this se...

A Boise State University study shows Idaho has a $241.8 million a year transportation funding gap — that it needs that much more in funding each year just to maintain its current transportation system as is. With the state on track to rolling up an unprecedented $600 million-plus budget surplus this year, transportation advocates are hoping this is the year that the “stars align” and the state makes significant investments into improving its transportation infrastructure. “From the most conservative members of the legislature to the most liberal members of the legislature, I’ve hear...