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Private prison company Corrections Corporation of America is asking a federal judge to deny a request from Idaho news organizations to keep documents open…
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Three Idaho school districts and a county have been honored for their websites. The non-profit government transparency organization Sunshine Review gave…
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In an effort to become more transparent, the state of Idaho has launched a new website that details state spending and revenue. Transparent.Idaho.gov was…
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Every state, including Idaho, offers tax breaks, grants or subsidies to businesses in hopes of spurring economic development.But the states vary widely in…
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Last month, Transform Solar announced that it was closing and laying off about 250 people at its facility in Nampa. As StateImpact reported, the…
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Earlier this week, Micron-owned Transform Solar, a maker of high-tech solar cells, announced it’s closing and laying-off at least 250 people over the next…
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A recent report from Pew Center on the States lists Idaho among 26 states ‘trailing behind’ when it comes to evaluating tax incentives. That is, having a…
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StateImpact Idaho has rolled out a series of stories this week on tax incentive transparency in Idaho. That is, what is and isn’t public information when…
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Good Jobs First is a non-partisan, non-profit government transparency advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1998 by Greg LeRoy, who…
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A new 55-page report from The Pew Center on the States shows most states don’t really know if business tax incentives are boosting job growth.In case you…